Daniel 1:4:15Dan.1.4.W15TAB
כֹּ֣חַ
koakh
“strength”
- Transliteration
- KO-akh
- Extended
- KOH-aakh
- IPA
- /ˈkoːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- strength
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
KO-akh ba-HEM
- 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
The clause va’asher koach bahem la’amod beheikhal hamelech {וַאֲשֶׁר֙ כֹּ֣חַ בָּהֶ֔ם לַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּהֵיכַ֣ל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | wa-ʾă-šer kō-aḥ bā-hêm la-ʿă-mōḏ bə-hê-ḵal ham-me-lekh} ‘and who had strength in them to stand in the king’s palace’ denotes readiness for royal service.
Root and etymology
k-w-ḥkaf–vav–chet
“strength, power”
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 1:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 1:4, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֣חַ (koakh) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.4.W15.S1) and character.