Daniel 11:8:5Dan.11.8.W5TAB
חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם
khemdatam
“their precious things”
- Transliteration
- khem-da-TAM
- Extended
- khehm-dah-TAAM
- IPA
- /ħɛm.daːˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their precious things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khem-da-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
im-ne-si-KHE-hem im-ke-LEI khem-da-TAM
- clause
ve-GAM e-lo-HE-hem im-ne-si-KHE-hem im-ke-LEI khem-da-TAM KE-sef ve-za-HAV ba-she-VI ya-VI mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ve-GAM e-lo-HE-hem im-ne-si-KHE-hem im-ke-LEI khem-da-TAM KE-sef ve-za-HAV ba-she-VI ya-VI mits-ra-YIM ve-HU sha-NIM ya-a-MOD mi-ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON
Exegesis
The verse uses construct chains with eloheihem {אֱֽלֹהֵיהֶ֡ם | ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘their gods’, nesikheihem {נְסִֽכֵיהֶם֩ | nə-si-khê-hem} ‘their molten images’, and chemdatam {חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם | chem-da-tam} ‘their precious things’, each linked by im {עִם־ | ʿim} ‘with’, to depict the full extent of spoils.
Root and etymology
ח־מ־ד
“precious, desirable”
In context — Daniel 11:8
And also their gods with their molten images , with the vessels of their precious things , silver and gold, he will bring them to Egypt in captivity; and he will stand for years apart from the king of the north.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 11:8, so the Hebrew word חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם (khemdatam) 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.11.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.8.W5.S1) and character.