Daniel 10:4:6Dan.10.4.W6TAB
וַאֲנִ֗י
vaani
“and I”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NI
- Extended
- vah-ah-NEE
- IPA
- /vaʔaˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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
va-a-NI
- clause
va-a-NI ha-YEE-ti AL YAD han-na-HAR hag-ga-DOL HU khid-da-KEL
- sentence
oo-ve-YOM e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-a-NI ha-YEE-ti AL YAD han-na-HAR hag-ga-DOL HU khid-da-KEL
Exegesis
The emphatic subject vaani hayiti {וַאֲנִי הָיִ֛יתִי | wa-ʾă-nî hā-yî-ṯî} ‘and I was’ foregrounds Daniel’s presence.
In context — Daniel 10:4
And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was on the bank of the great river, which is the Hiddekel.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 10:4, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנִ֗י (vaani) 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.10.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.4.W6.S1) and character.