Daniel 10:17:4Dan.10.17.W4TAB
אֲדֹנִי֙
adoni
“my lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔăðoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-do-NI
- phraseyour reading level
E-ved a-do-NI
- clause
veh-HEIKH yoo-KHAL E-ved a-do-NI ZE leh-dab-BER im-a-do-NI ZE
- 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 prepositional phrase im-adoni-zeh {עִם־אֲדֹנִי זֶה | ʿim-ʾă-ḏō-nî zeh} ‘with my lord, this one’ intensifies the servant’s humility.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-nʾ-d-n
“lord, master”
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 10:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 10:17, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנִי֙ (adoni) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.17.W4.S1) and character.