Daniel 1:4:12Dan.1.4.W12TAB
וּמְבִינֵ֣י
umevine
“and understanding”
- Transliteration
- u-me-vi-NE
- Extended
- oo-meh-vih-NEE
- IPA
- /uːməviˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and understanding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-vi-NE
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-vi-NE ma-DA
- 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
A series of participles—umaskilim {וּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣ים | û-maś-kî-lîm}, veyodei da’at {וְיֹ֤דְעֵי דַ֙עַת֙ | wə-yō-ḏ-ʿê daʿ-ʿat}, and umevinei mada {וּמְבִינֵ֣י מַדָּ֔ע | û-mə-bî-nê mad-dāʿ}—lists escalating intellectual attributes.
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 1:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 1:4, so the Hebrew word וּמְבִינֵ֣י (umevine) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.4.W12.S1) and character.