Daniel 1:15:10Dan.1.15.W10TAB
הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים
haokhelim
“the ones eating”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-khe-LIM
- Extended
- haa-oh-kheh-LEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔoχəˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones eating
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-o-khe-LIM
- clause
min-KOL-ha-ye-la-DIM ha-o-khe-LIM ET pat-BAG ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
oo-mik-TSAT ya-MIM a-sa-RA nir-AA mar-ee-HEM TOV oo-veh-ree-EE ba-SAR min-KOL-ha-ye-la-DIM ha-o-khe-LIM ET pat-BAG ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional comparative minkolhayeladim haokhlim et patbag hamelekh {מִן־כָּל־הַיְלָדִים הָאֹכְלִים אֵת פַּתְבַּג הַמֶּלֶךְ | min-kōl-haylā-dîm hā-ʾōḵ-lîm ʾēt pat-bag hā-me-leḵ} establishes the benchmark for comparison. Hebrew fronting of temporal and comparative elements shapes emphasis, requiring reordering into English SVO.
Root and etymology
k-l-hkaf–lamed–heh
“vessel, implement”
In context — Daniel 1:15
And at the end of ten days, their appearance was seen to be better and healthier in flesh than all the youths who were eating the portion of the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 1:15, so the Hebrew word הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים (haokhelim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Dan.1.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.15.W10.S1) and character.