Daniel 10:3:2Dan.10.3.W2TAB
חֲמֻד֞וֹת
khamudot
“delicacies”
- Transliteration
- kha-mu-DOT
- Extended
- khah-moo-DOHT
- IPA
- /ħă.muˈdoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- delicacies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-mu-DOT
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT
- clause
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT LO a-KHAL-ti u-va-SAR va-YA-yin lo-VA el-PI ve-SOKH lo-SAKH-ti
- sentence
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT LO a-KHAL-ti u-va-SAR va-YA-yin lo-VA el-PI ve-SOKH lo-SAKH-ti ad-me-LOT she-LO-shet sha-vu-IM ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a negated verbal clause where lechem {לֶחֶם | leḥem} ‘bread’ and chamudot {חֲמֻדוֹת | ḥămudōṯ} ‘desirable’ precede the perfect verb akhalti {אָכַלְתִּי | ʾāḵalti} ‘I ate,’ emphasizing abstention.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–dalet
“desirable”
In context — Daniel 10:3
I ate no desirable bread , nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all , until the completion of three weeks.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 10:3, so the Hebrew word חֲמֻד֞וֹת (khamudot) 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.10.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.3.W2.S1) and character.