Daniel 10:8:4Dan.10.8.W4TAB
וָֽאֶרְאֶ֗ה
vaereh
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-er-EH
- Extended
- vah-eh-REH
- IPA
- /vaʔɛrˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-er-EH
- clause
va-a-NI nish-aR-ti le-vad-DI va-er-EH et-ha-mar-AA ha-ge-do-LAA ha-ZOT ve-LO nish-ar-BI KO-akh
- sentence
va-a-NI nish-aR-ti le-vad-DI va-er-EH et-ha-mar-AA ha-ge-do-LAA ha-ZOT ve-LO nish-ar-BI KO-akh ve-ho-DI neh-PAKH a-LAI le-mash-KHIT ve-LO a-TSAR-ti KO-akh
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces hammar'ah hagedolah hazot {הַמַּרְ אָ֤ה הַגְּדֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את | ham-mar-ʾāh hag-gə-ḏō-lāh haz-zōṯ} ‘this great vision’ through a construct chain and demonstrative pronoun for emphatic effect.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-aleph-he
“to see, perceive”
In context — Daniel 10:8
I was left alone, and I saw this great vision ; no strength remained in me, my radiance turned to destruction, and I retained no strength.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 10:8, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶרְאֶ֗ה (vaereh) 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.10.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.8.W4.S1) and character.