Daniel 1:4:7Dan.1.4.W7TAB
מַרְאֶ֜ה
mare
“appearance”
- Transliteration
- mar-E
- Extended
- mahr-EH
- IPA
- /marˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- appearance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-E
- 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
The descriptor vetovey mareh {וְטוֹבֵ֨י מַרְאֶ֜ה | wə-ṭō-vê mar-ʾeh} conveys ‘good appearance’.
Root and etymology
ר־א־ה
“to see”
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 1:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 1:4, so the Hebrew word מַרְאֶ֜ה (mare) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.4.W7.S1) and character.