Daniel 10:17:12Dan.10.17.W12TAB
כֹ֔חַ
koakh
“strength”
- Transliteration
- KO-akh
- Extended
- KOH-ahkh
- IPA
- /ˈkoː.aħ/
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
lo-ya-a-mad-BI KO-akh
- clause
va-a-NI meh-ah-TAA lo-ya-a-mad-BI KO-akh oo-neh-sha-MA LO nish-e-ra-BI
- sentence
veh-HEIKH yoo-KHAL E-ved a-do-NI ZE leh-dab-BER im-a-do-NI ZE va-a-NI meh-ah-TAA lo-ya-a-mad-BI KO-akh oo-neh-sha-MA LO nish-e-ra-BI
Exegesis
The parallel negatives lo-ya’amod-bi koach {לֹֽא־יַעֲמָד־בִּ֣י כֹ֔חַ | lōʾ-ya-ʿă-mā́ḏ-bî kō-aḥ} ‘no strength stands in me’ and lo nisharah-bi {לֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרָה־בִֽי | lōʾ niš-ʾă-rā́h-bî} ‘no breath remains in me’ personify abstract nouns to portray utter exhaustion. The Hebrew’s repetition and parallelism create dramatic emphasis, preserved in English by coordinating an interrogative and two negative clauses.
Root and etymology
k-ḥk-ḥ
“strength, power”
In context — Daniel 10:17
And how can the servant of my lord speak with this my lord? As for me, from now no strength stands within me, and no breath remains in me .
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 10:17, so the Hebrew word כֹ֔חַ (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.10.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.17.W12.S1) and character.