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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

John 4:35

οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; ἰδοὺ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσίν πρὸς θερισμόν. ἤδη

Rough Word-by-word:
[Do] not you all you all say that yet a period of 4 months she is and the harvest he comes? You look I say to you all, raise up the eyes of you and observe the fields, that white they are to harvest. already

Smooth Translation:
Do you not all say that there is a period of 4 months and the harvest comes? I say to all of you, "Look! Raise up your eyes and observe the fields, that they are already white for harvest. [Already...]

Notes:
Manuscript support for placement of the period before ἤδη seems to be mixed. Vaticanus and P66 support omitting the period and I personally favor that, but UBS supports putting the period in.

οὐχ adverb of negation "not"

ὑμεῖς pronoun nominative 2nd plural "you all"

λέγετε verb present active indicative 2nd plural from λέγω (I say) "you all say"

ὅτι conjunction "that"

ἔτι adverb "yet"

τετράμηνός noun nominative singular feminine "a period of 4 months"

ἐστιν verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "she [it] is"

καὶ conjunction "and"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

θερισμὸς noun nominative singular masculine "harvest"

ἔρχεται verb present passive indicative 3rd singular from ἔρχομαι (I come) "he [it] comes"

ἰδοὺ verb aorist middle imperative 2nd singular from ὁράω (I see) "look"

λέγω verb present active indicative 1st singular from λέγω (I say) "I say"

ὑμῖν pronoun dative 2nd plural "to you all"

ἐπάρατε verb aorist active imperative 2nd plural from ἐπαίρω (I raise up) "raise up"

τοὺς definite article accusative plural masculine "the"

ὀφθαλμοὺς noun accusative plural masculine "eyes"

ὑμῶν pronoun genitive 2nd plural "of you"

καὶ conjunction "and"

θεάσασθε verb aorist middle imperative 2nd plural from θεάομαι (I observe) "you all observe"

τὰς definite article accusative plural feminine "the"

χώρας noun accusative plural feminine "fields"

ὅτι conjunction "that"

λευκαί adjective nominative plural feminine "white"

εἰσίν verb present indicative 3rd plural from (I am) "they are"

πρὸς accusative preposition "to/toward"

θερισμόν noun accusative singular masculine "harvest"

ἤδη adverb "now/already"

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