Daniel 1:2:10Dan.1.2.W10TAB
אֶֽרֶץ־שִׁנְעָ֖ר
eretsshinar
“to the land of Shinar”
- Transliteration
- E-rets-shin-AR
- Extended
- EH-rehts-SHIHN-AAR
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts.ʃinˈʕaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the land of Shinar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-rets-shin-AR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-vi-EM E-rets-shin-AR
- clause
va-yit-TEN a-do-NAI be-ya-DO et-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-mik-TSAT ke-LE BET-ha-e-lo-HIM va-ye-vi-EM E-rets-shin-AR BET e-lo-HAV
- sentence
va-yit-TEN a-do-NAI be-ya-DO et-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-mik-TSAT ke-LE BET-ha-e-lo-HIM va-ye-vi-EM E-rets-shin-AR BET e-lo-HAV ve-et-ha-ke-LIM he-VI BET o-TSAR e-lo-HAV
Exegesis
The shift to exile is marked by vayiviem {וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם | way-yə-ḇî-ʾêm} ‘and he brought them’, with erets shinar {אֶרֶץ־שִׁנְעָ֖ר | ʾe-reṣ ši-nʿar} as the metonym for Babylon.
In context — Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his power, along with some of the vessels from the house of God ; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and put the vessels into the treasury of his god.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 1:2, so the Hebrew word אֶֽרֶץ־שִׁנְעָ֖ר (eretsshinar) 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.1.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.2.W10.S1) and character.