Daniel 10:4:8Dan.10.4.W8TAB
עַ֣ל
al
“on”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- on
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AL
- phraseyour reading level
AL YAD han-na-HAR
- 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 locative expression al yad {עַל יַד | ʿal yaḏ} ‘by the side’ governs hanahar hagadol {הַנָּהָר הַגָּד֖וֹל | ha-nā-hār ha-gā-ḏōl} ‘the great river’.
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 10:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 10:4, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ל (al) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.4.W8.S1) and character.