Daniel 11:39:3Dan.11.39.W3TAB
מָֽעֻזִּים֙
mahoozeem
“strongholds”
- Transliteration
- mah-oo-ZEEM
- Extended
- mah-oo-ZEEM
- IPA
- /maː.ʕuzˈziːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- strongholds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mah-oo-ZEEM
- phraseyour reading level
leh-miv-tseh-RAY mah-oo-ZEEM
- clause
veh-ah-SA leh-miv-tseh-RAY mah-oo-ZEEM im-eh-lo-AH neh-KHAR ah-SHER ha-KIR yahk-KEER yar-BEH kha-VOD
- sentence
veh-ah-SA leh-miv-tseh-RAY mah-oo-ZEEM im-eh-lo-AH neh-KHAR ah-SHER ha-KIR yahk-KEER yar-BEH kha-VOD veh-him-shi-LAM bah-rah-BEEM vah-ah-da-MA yeh-khal-LEK bim-KHEER
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ve'asah {וְעָשָׂ֞ה | wə-ʿā-śāh} ‘and he will do’, followed by the prepositional phrase lemivtsrei ma’uzzim {לְמִבְצְרֵי מָֽעֻזִּים | lə-miḇ-ṣə-rê mā-ʿu-zzîm} ‘to the fortresses of strongholds’, which functions as the primary object.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-z
“strength, fortress”
In context — Daniel 11:39
And he will act against the fortresses of strongholds with a foreign god ; whomever he acknowledges he will increase with honor, and he will make them rule over many, and he will divide the land for a price.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 11:39, so the Hebrew word מָֽעֻזִּים֙ (mahoozeem) 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.11.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.39.W3.S1) and character.