Daniel 11:15:14Dan.11.15.W14TAB
מִבְחָרָ֔יו
mivkharaiv
“his chosen ones”
- Transliteration
- miv-kha-RAIV
- Extended
- mihv-khah-RAIV
- IPA
- /miv.ħa.ˈraːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his chosen ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miv-kha-RAIV
- clause
u-ze-ROT ha-NE-gev LO ya-a-MO-du ve-AM miv-kha-RAIV ve-EN KO-akh la-a-MOD
- sentence
ve-ya-VO ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON ve-yish-POKH so-la-LA ve-la-KHAD IR miv-tsa-ROT u-ze-ROT ha-NE-gev LO ya-a-MO-du ve-AM miv-kha-RAIV ve-EN KO-akh la-a-MOD
Exegesis
Attention shifts to uzeroot haneghev {וּזְרֹע֤וֹת הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ | ū-zə-rō-ʿōṯ han-ne-ḡeḇ} ‘forces of the south’ and mivcharav {מִבְחָרָיו | miḇ-ḥā-rāw} ‘his choicest troops’, both governed by the negative lo yaamodu {לֹא יַעֲמֹדוּ | lōʾ ya-ʿă-mō-dū} ‘shall not stand’.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–chet–resh
“to choose”
In context — Daniel 11:15
The king of the north will come, pour out a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city, and the forces of the south will not stand, and even its choicest troops will have no strength to stand.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 11:15, so the Hebrew word מִבְחָרָ֔יו (mivkharaiv) 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.11.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.15.W14.S1) and character.