διὰ τί τὴν λαλιὰν τὴν ἐμὴν οὐ γινώσκετε (John 8:43)

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Title: Because of What Do You Not Understand My Speech?

The text is, “διὰ τί τὴν λαλιὰν τὴν ἐμὴν οὐ γινώσκετε; ὅτι οὐ δύνασθε ἀκούειν τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐμόν”.

“διὰ”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “because of”.

“τί”: neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.

“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“λαλιὰν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “speech”.

“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ἐμὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative, possessive adjective meaning “my”.

“οὐ”: negative particle meaning “not”.

“γινώσκετε”: second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “you do understand”.

“ὅτι”: subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”.

“οὐ”: negative particle meaning “not”.

“δύνασθε”: second person, plural, present, passive, indicative verb meaning “you are able”.

“ἀκούειν”: present, active, infinitive verb meaning “to hear”.

“τὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“λόγον”: masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “word”.

“τὸν”: masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ἐμόν”: masculine, singular, accusative, possessive adjective meaning “my”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Because of what do you not understand my speech? Because you are not able to hear my word.”

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