Daniel 1:4:1Dan.1.4.W1TAB
יְלָדִ֣ים
yeladim
“youths”
- Transliteration
- ye-la-DIM
- Extended
- yeh-laa-DEEM
- IPA
- /jəlaːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- youths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ye-la-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E
- clause
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E u-mas-ki-LIM be-khol-kha-KHMA ve-yod-E DA-at u-me-vi-NE ma-DA va-a-SHER KO-akh ba-HEM la-a-MOD be-he-KHAL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E u-mas-ki-LIM be-khol-kha-KHMA ve-yod-E DA-at u-me-vi-NE ma-DA va-a-SHER KO-akh ba-HEM la-a-MOD be-he-KHAL ha-ME-lekh u-la-lam-DAM SE-fer u-le-SHON kas-DIM
Exegesis
yeladim {יְלָדִ֣ים | yə-lā-ḏîm} ‘children’ is modified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, introducing the negated predicate ein-bahem {אֵֽין־בָּהֶ֣ם | ʾên-bā-hêm} ‘there is not in them’ governing kol-maum mum {כָּל־מאום מוּם | kāl-mā-ʼūm mūm} ‘any blemish’.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, beget”
In context — Daniel 1:4
Young men who had no defect in them, of good appearance, skillful in all wisdom, knowing knowledge and understanding learning, and who had strength to stand in the king’s palace, were to be taught the literature and the language of the Chaldeans.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 1:4, so the Hebrew word יְלָדִ֣ים (yeladim) 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.1.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.4.W1.S1) and character.