Acts 21:40
40Having allowed [him]ἐπιτρέψαντοςthenδὲheαὐτοῦὁPaulΠαῦλοςhaving stoodἑστὼςonἐπὶtheτῶνstairsἀναβαθμῶνmade a signκατέσεισεwith theτῇhandχειρὶto theτῷpeopleλαῷ,greatπολλῆςthenδὲsilenceσιγῆςhaving taken placeγενομένηςhe spoke to [them]προσεφώνησενin theτῇHebrewἙβραΐδιlanguageδιαλέκτῳsayingλέγων
And he having allowed [him], Paul, having stood on the stairs, made a sign with the hand to the people. And a great silence having taken place, he spoke to [them] in the Hebrew language, saying:
Vocab difficulty
Rare words
ἀναβαθμῶν
ἀναβαθμός
a step, a flight of steps; the well-known "stairs" leading up from the temple to the tower of Antonia at Jerusalem.
κατέσεισε
κατασείω
I shake (the hand) up and down, wave; intrans: I beckon for silence.
σιγῆς
σιγή
silence.
Ἑβραΐδι
Ἑβραΐς
the Hebrew language, or rather: Aramaic.