Daniel 10:7:4Dan.10.7.W4TAB
לְבַדִּי֙
lehvahddee
“alone”
- Transliteration
- leh-vahd-DEE
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DEE
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- alone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
leh-vahd-DEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-RAH-ee-TEE a-NI dah-nee-EHL leh-vahd-DEE
- clause
veh-RAH-ee-TEE a-NI dah-nee-EHL leh-vahd-DEE et-ha-mar-EH veh-hah-eh-nah-SHEEM e-SHER hah-YOO im-MI LO rah-OO et-ha-mar-EH
- sentence
veh-RAH-ee-TEE a-NI dah-nee-EHL leh-vahd-DEE et-ha-mar-EH veh-hah-eh-nah-SHEEM e-SHER hah-YOO im-MI LO rah-OO et-ha-mar-EH a-VAL khe-rah-DAA geh-doh-LAA NAHF-LAA eh-LEE-HEM vah-yiv-reh-KHOO beh-heh-kha-VEH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase levaddi {לְבַדִּי | lə-ḇad-dî} “alone” precedes the direct-object-marker et and hammar’ah {הַמַּרְאָה | ham-mar-ʾāh} “the vision,” emphasizing the exclusivity of Daniel’s sight.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — Daniel 10:7
And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, and the men who were with me did not see it, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 10:7, so the Hebrew word לְבַדִּי֙ (lehvahddee) 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.10.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.7.W4.S1) and character.