Daniel 11:4:6Dan.11.4.W6TAB
רוּח֣וֹת
rookhot
“winds”
- Transliteration
- roo-KHOT
- Extended
- roo-KHOHT
- IPA
- /ruːˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- winds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
roo-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
roo-KHOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
oo-kheh-ahm-DO tish-sha-VER mal-khoo-TO veh-te-KHAATS leh-ar-BA roo-KHOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
oo-kheh-ahm-DO tish-sha-VER mal-khoo-TO veh-te-KHAATS leh-ar-BA roo-KHOT ha-sha-MA-yim veh-LO leh-ah-khah-ree-TO veh-LO khe-mash-LO a-SHER ma-SHAL KI tihn-na-TESH mal-khoo-TO veh-la-ah-kheh-REEM mihl-leh-VAD-EH-leh
Exegesis
The construct phrase lə’arba rūḥōṯ haššāmayim {לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמָיִם | lə-ʾar-baʿ rū-ḥōṯ ha-šā-mā-yim} functions as an idiom for complete dispersal “to the four winds of the heavens.”
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥresh-vav-chet
“wind, spirit”
In context — Daniel 11:4
And as he stands, his realm will be broken and divided toward the four winds of the heavens, but it will not go to his posterity nor continue under his rule, for his kingdom will be uprooted and granted to others beyond these.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 11:4, so the Hebrew word רוּח֣וֹת (rookhot) 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.11.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.4.W6.S1) and character.