Σιλωάμ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שִּׁילוֹחַ (Shiloaḥ), whose meaning "gushing forth" is also rendered in Greek as ἀπεσταλμένος (apestalménos, “having been sent”), passive perfect participle of ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō)
Pronunciation edit
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.loˈam/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.loˈam/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.loˈam/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.loˈam/
Proper noun edit
Σῑλωᾱ́μ • (Sīlōā́m) m (indeclinable)
- Silwan, a neighbourhood of Jerusalem, where Jesus cured a man born blind