Luke 18:38

A blind man by the road near Jericho hears that Jesus is passing.

Greek

καὶkaiἐβόησενeh-BO-ay-senλέγων·LEH-gohnἸησοῦih-ay-SOOυἱὲhwee-EHΔαυίδ,dow-EEDἐλέησόνeh-LEH-ay-sonμε.meh

Latin

Etetclāmāvit,klah-MAH-witdīcēns:DEE-kaynsJēsū,YAY-soofīlīFEE-leeDāvīd,DAH-weedmiserēremih-seh-RAY-rehmeī.MEH-ee

English

And he shouted, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
ἐβόησενfrom βοάω, “to shout, cry out”	clāmāvitfrom clāmō	ἐβόησεν: he shouted, from βοάω. Latin: clāmāvit.
λέγωνfrom λέγω, “to say”	dīcēnsfrom dīcō	λέγων, dīcēns.
Ἰησοῦfrom Ἰησοῦς, “Jesus”	Jēsūfrom Iesus	Ἰησοῦ, Jēsū: Jesus, the vocative.
υἱὲfrom υἱός, “son”	fīlīfrom fīlius	υἱέ, fīlī: son, also vocative.
Δαυίδ“David”	Dāvīd	Δαυίδ, Dāvīd: of David. The name never changes.
ἐλέησόνfrom ἐλεάω, “to show mercy”	miserērefrom misereor	ἐλέησον: have mercy, an aorist command. Latin: miserēre, from misereor.
μεfrom ἐγώ, “I, me”	meīfrom ego	με: me. Latin uses the genitive, meī.

New core words

Greek

None new in this passage.

Latin

None new in this passage.

Greek core words met211 / 345 Latin core words met224 / 345

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