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| 1a 1b 1c | 2a 2b 2c | 3a 3b | 4a 4b | 5a 5b 5c | 6a 6b 6c 6d | 7a 7b | 8a 8b 8c | Mk 16:4b ... for it-was extremely great.
The 3rd phrase has these 4 narrator words in this inverted word order, ... hēn gar megas sfodra (it-was for great extremely). The 4 words are placed first in the center then counter-clockwise from the bottom left. The word "hēn" (it was) is a continuation conjuction used to express a cause and explanation regarding "the stone." The 2 words "gar megas" (for great) refers to the size of the circle on which the stone was rolled and raised. The code word "megas" (great) refers to a circle with a circumference of 4440 units. The adverb "sfodra" (extremely) placed after adjectives, is an intensifier meaning "going all-out, to the max." The four word phrase is ambiguous. To what does "it' refer? The "time" the stone was rolled, the "size of the roll," the "size of the stone," or the "height and direction" the stone was rolled? Since this is a gematria story, the answer is "all of the above." The diagram shows the women huddled together tangent to the hexagon around the great stone rolling circle. 16:4a < Verse > 16:5a |