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Title: Now My Soul is Terrified, and What Should I Say?”
The text is, “Νῦν ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται, καὶ τί εἴπω; πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης; ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ὥραν ταύτην”.
“Νῦν”: temporal adverb meaning “now”.
“ἡ”: feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ψυχή”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “soul”.
“μου”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.
“τετάρακται”: third person, singular, perfect, passive, indicative verb meaning “is terrified”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“τί”: neuter, singular, accusative, interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.
“εἴπω”: first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I should say”.
“πάτερ”: masculine, singular, vocative noun meaning “Father”.
“σῶσόν”: second person, singular, aorist, active, imperative verb meaning “save” or “preserve”.
“με”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“ἐκ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.
“τῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ὥρας”: feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “hour”.
“ταύτης”: feminine, singular, genitive, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
“ἀλλὰ”: coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.
“διὰ”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “because of”.
“τοῦτο”: neuter, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
“ἦλθον”: first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “I came”.
“εἰς”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “to”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ὥραν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “hour”.
“ταύτην”: feminine, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Now my soul is terrified, and what should I say? Father, preserve me out of this hour? But because of this hour I came to this.”
Νῦν ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται, καὶ τί εἴπω (John 12:27) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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