Καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ (John 2:1)

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Title-> And on the Third DaY

The text is, “Καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ γάμος ἐγένετο ἐν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαία, καὶ ἦν ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκεῖ

Καὶ-> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

τῇ-> feminine, singular, dative article -> the NRIEH**

ἡμέρᾳ-> feminine, singular, dative noun -> day

τῇ-> feminine, singular, dative article -> the

τρίτῃ-> is a feminine, singular, dative, ordinal adjective -> third

γάμος-> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> a wedding

ἐγένετο: third person, singular, aorist, middle, indicative verb -> there was

ἐν-> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

Κανὰ-> feminine, singular, dative, proper noun -> Cana

τῆς  feminine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH

Γαλιλαίας-> feminine, singular, genitive article -> of Galilee

καὶ-> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἦν-> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

ἡ-> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

μήτηρ-> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> mother

τοῦ-> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH

Ἰησοῦ-> masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun -> of Jesus

ἐκεῖ-> adverb of place -> there

The translation of this verse is,

And the third day was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

**NRIEH:  For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

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