Daniel 1:8:9Dan.1.8.W9TAB
מִשְׁתָּ֑יו
mishtahv
“his drinking”
- Transliteration
- mish-TAHV
- Extended
- mihsh-TAAHV
- IPA
- /miʃˈtaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his drinking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
mish-TAHV
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-YAH-yin mish-TAHV
- clause
va-YA-sem da-ni-EL al-li-VO a-SHER lo-yit-ga-AL be-fat-BAG ha-ME-lekh u-ve-YAH-yin mish-TAHV
- sentence
va-YA-sem da-ni-EL al-li-VO a-SHER lo-yit-ga-AL be-fat-BAG ha-ME-lekh u-ve-YAH-yin mish-TAHV va-ye-vak-KESH mi-SAR ha-sa-ri-SIM a-SHER LO yit-ga-AL
Exegesis
The construct phrases bə-fat-bag ham-me-leḵ {בְּפַתְבַּג הַמֶּלֶךְ | bə-fat-bag ham-me-leḵ} ‘with the king’s portion’ and u-ve-yēn mish-tāw {וּבְיֵ֣ין מִשְׁתָּ֑יו | u-ve-yēn mish-tāw} ‘and with the wine of his drink’ extend the objects of potential impurity.
In context — Daniel 1:8
And Daniel set his mind not to defile himself with the king’s portion or the wine served to him, and he requested the chief of the eunuchs to grant him permission to avoid defilement.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 1:8, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁתָּ֑יו (mishtahv) 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.1.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.8.W9.S1) and character.