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Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου, ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευΐτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν, Σὺ τίς εἶ;
RBT Greek Interlinear:
Strongs 2532  [list]
Λογεῖον
Kai
Καὶ
And
Conj
Strongs 3778  [list]
Λογεῖον
hautē
αὕτη
she
DPro-NFS
Strongs 1510  [list]
Λογεῖον
estin
ἐστὶν
is
V-PIA-3S
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον


the
Art-NFS
Strongs 3141  [list]
Λογεῖον
martyria
μαρτυρία
testimony
N-NFS
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
tou
τοῦ
the
Art-GMS
Strongs 2491  [list]
Λογεῖον
Iōannou
Ἰωάννου
Favored
N-GMS
Strongs 3753  [list]
Λογεῖον
hote
ὅτε
when
Adv
Strongs 649  [list]
Λογεῖον
apesteilan
ἀπέστειλαν
sent
V-AIA-3P
Strongs 4314  [list]
Λογεῖον
pros
πρὸς
toward
Prep
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
auton
αὐτὸν
himself
PPro-AM3S
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
hoi
οἱ
the
Art-NMP
Strongs 2453  [list]
Λογεῖον
Ioudaioi
Ἰουδαῖοι
Casters
Adj-NMP
Strongs 1537  [list]
Λογεῖον
ex
ἐξ
from out
Prep
Strongs 2414  [list]
Λογεῖον
Hierosolymōn
Ἱεροσολύμων
Foundation of Peace
N-GNP
Strongs 2409  [list]
Λογεῖον
hiereis
ἱερεῖς
priests
N-AMP
Strongs 2532  [list]
Λογεῖον
kai
καὶ
and
Conj
Strongs 3019  [list]
Λογεῖον
Leuitas
Λευίτας
Levites
N-AMP
Strongs 2443  [list]
Λογεῖον
hina
ἵνα
so that
Conj
Strongs 2065  [list]
Λογεῖον
erōtēsōsin
ἐρωτήσωσιν
they might ask
V-ASA-3P
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
auton
αὐτόν
himself
PPro-AM3S
Strongs 4771  [list]
Λογεῖον
Sy
Σὺ
You
PPro-N2S
Strongs 5101  [list]
Λογεῖον
tis
τίς
who
IPro-NMS
Strongs 1510  [list]
Λογεῖον
ei
εἶ
you are
V-PIA-2S
RBT Translation:
The Cast Seed/Building Stone
And herself,33 she is the Witness of the Favored34 when the Casters34a sent away toward himself, from The Foundation of Peace, priests and Wreathed-ones,34b that they might question himself, "Who are you?"
Levites, Wreathed Ones, enjoined.

The Hebrew word לויה (livyah) has the meaning of "something attached" or "a wreath." It is derived from the same root as "Levi" (לוי), the name of the tribe, emphasizing the idea of being "attached" or "joined". A Levite (from above) is one who is eternally united with himself--the first and last becoming one.

Who are you? What is Your Name?
LITV Translation:
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites that they might ask him, Who are you?
ESV Translation:
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Footnotes

33

she is a testimony. That is, Hagar, the one who was given into the bosom of the Father (Gen. Hagar was sent away (divorced) in an eternal sense so that she should "come back around". Strong’s #G3778, hauté. Demonstrative pronoun. She, this-one. A feminine singular pronoun connected the feminine noun witness. It is not neuter. Choose whether to render the word "this" or "she" is a matter of bias.

34

Ancient Greek adds a definite article the (#G3588) to proper names.

34a

Greek #2453, Ἰουδαῖος, Jewish, Jews. From the fourth son of Jacob [Heel Chaser], and the tribe named after him. The meaning is derived from Genesis 29:35 from Leah, his blind/poor sight mother who said, "The Foot-strike, I am casting/throwing [אוֹדֶה odeh] the eternal self He Is..."

This word אוֹדֶ֣ה is the first person incomplete Hiphil causative form of the verb ידה yadah. It means to throw or cast with the hand, yad meaning "hand". Cf Strongs #3034. The meaning "give thanks, laud, praise;" and thus Jews as "praisers/praised ones" is an extended, metaphorical meaning based on the idea of using the hand somehow in an act of praise or giving thanks. As Strongs Concordance says,

"A primitive root; used only as denominative from yad; literally, to use (i.e. Hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands);"

Even shooting arrows,

Those who bend the bow, shoot [yadah] towards her, do not spare..." (Jeremiah 50:14 RBT)

 

34b

Jews from Jerusalem, priests and Levites. Hebrew words translated. Jews (Yehudim) means praised ones or cast ones (as a seed), Jerusalem is Foundation of Completeness/Peace (Yarah and Shalom), and Levi means garland or wreath, signifying eternally intertwined/joined.