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

Result
לְ + בַד + דִּי֙
leh + vahd + dee
lehvahddee

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-vahd-DEE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-RAH-ee-TEE a-NI dah-nee-EHL leh-vahd-DEE

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextDaniel 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.