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John 6
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john.6.menNumber
οἱ ἄνδρες · hoi andres
GRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Whom does John number at the meal?
Andres specifically means adult males, unlike the broader anthrōpoi. The count names about five thousand men without stating how many women or children were also present.
Why this default
“Men” is default because andres specifically identifies adult males in the stated count, unlike the broader anthrōpoi. “People” may better evoke the whole crowd but changes whom John explicitly numbers; “adult males” makes the lexical category fully explicit.
Evidence
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InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.
Project defaultmen
Project default · lexical gender preserved
Alternativepeople
Broader crowd foregrounded
Alternativeadult males
Category made explicit
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