ἐλεήμονες· (eleemones) in Matthew 5:7: Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐλεήμονες· (eleemones) in Matthew 5:7
Textual Witness
The witness reads ἐλεήμονες· in Matthew 5:7.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The adjective identifies the fifth blessed group as the merciful.
How To Communicate It
Use it to keep mercy as the defining description in this Beatitude.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep merciful tied to Matthew 5:7.
- Do not detach mercy from receiving mercy.
- Do not make grammar settle every question about mercy and justice.
- Do not flatten mercy into mere niceness.
What Does The Label Mean?
Adjective: the form describes or qualifies another word in the clause.
Nominative: marks the subject or predicate role as the context requires.
Plural: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Masculine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The merciful
Jesus' fifth Beatitude declaration in Matthew 5:7
Describes the people named in the fifth Beatitude.
Do not reduce mercy to temperament, leniency, or social courtesy alone.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The adjective names the people who receive the mercy promise.
Substantival adjective naming the blessed group. identifies those called merciful. Attached to the merciful. Governed by Jesus' fifth Beatitude declaration in Matthew 5:7. Read with the mercy promise that follows.
Who does Jesus call blessed in Matthew 5:7? The merciful.
Direct: The form directly supports merciful.
The adjective names merciful people but does not define every expression of mercy.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads ἐλεήμονες· in Matthew 5:7.
The lemma ἐλεήμων carries the gloss "full of pity, merciful", and here it describes merciful people.
The adjective stands with the article to name the group Jesus calls blessed.
Jesus declares the merciful blessed because they will receive mercy.
The form fits Matthew's concern that kingdom people show the mercy they need.
Use it to keep mercy as the defining description in this Beatitude.
Do not use the adjective alone to answer every question about mercy, justice, or forgiveness.