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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

John 4:52

ἐπύθετο οὖν τὴν ὥραν παρ' αὐτῶν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερον ἔσχεν· εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐχθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πυρετός.

Rough Word-by-word:
he inquired therefore the hour from them in which better he had. They said therefore to him that yesterday hour seventh left him the fever.

Smooth Translation:
Therefore he inquired from them the hour in which he had improvement. Therefore they said to him that the fever left him yesterday [at the] seventh hour.

ἐπύθετο verb aorist middle indicative 3rd singular from πυνθάνομαι (I inquire) "he inquired"

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

τὴν definite article accusative singular feminine "the"

ὥραν noun accusative singular feminine "hour"

παρ' preposition with genitive "from"

αὐτῶν pronoun genitive plural masculine "of them"

ἐν dative preposition "in"

relative pronoun dative singular feminine "which"

κομψότερον adverb "better"

ἔσχεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from ἔχω (I have) "he had"

εἶπον verb aorist active indicative 3rd plural from λέγω (I say) "they said"

οὖν post positive conjunction "therefore"

αὐτῷ pronoun dative singular masculine "to him"

ὅτι conjunction "that"

ἐχθὲς adverb "yesterday"

ὥραν noun accusative singular feminine "hour"

ἑβδόμην adjective accusative singular feminine "seventh"

ἀφῆκεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from ἀφίημι (I leave) "it left"

αὐτὸν pronoun accusative singular masculine "him"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

πυρετός noun nominative singular masculine "fever"

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