Daniel 10:15:7Dan.10.15.W7TAB
אַ֖רְצָה
artsa
“toward the ground”
- Transliteration
- ar-TSA
- Extended
- ahr-TSAA
- IPA
- /ʔarˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-TSA
- clause
na-ta-TEE fa-NAI ar-TSA veh-neh-eh-LAM-TEE
- sentence
oo-veh-dab-RO im-MEE ka-de-va-REEM ha-EL-le na-ta-TEE fa-NAI ar-TSA veh-neh-eh-LAM-TEE
Exegesis
In the main clause, the verb natati {נָתַ֧תִּי | nā-taṯ-tî} ‘I set’ indicates deliberate posture, with the construct panai artsah {פָנַ֛י אַרְצָה | pā-nai ʾar-ṣā(h)} ‘my face to the ground’ showing direction and reverence.
In context — Daniel 10:15
And as he spoke with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground and I became mute .
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 10:15, so the Hebrew word אַ֖רְצָה (artsa) 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.10.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.15.W7.S1) and character.