Daniel 12:4:5Dan.12.4.W5TAB
וַחֲתֹ֥ם
vakhatom
“{And} seal”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-TOM
- Extended
- vah-khah-TOHM
- IPA
- /waħăˈθoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} seal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-TOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-TOM ha-SE-fer
- clause
ve-a-TA da-ni-YEL se-TOM ha-de-va-RIM va-kha-TOM ha-SE-fer ad-ET KETS
- sentence
ve-a-TA da-ni-YEL se-TOM ha-de-va-RIM va-kha-TOM ha-SE-fer ad-ET KETS ye-shot-te-TU ra-BIM ve-tir-BE ha-da-AT
Exegesis
The paired Qal imperatives setom {סְתֹ֧ם | səṭōm} ‘shut up’ and va-hatom {וַחֲתֹ֥ם | waḥaṭṭōm} ‘seal’ govern the objects ha-devarim {הַדְּבָרִ֛ים | haddəḇārîm} ‘the words’ and ha-sefer {הַסֵּ֖פֶר | hassēp̄er} ‘the book.’
In context — Daniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end ; many will run to and fro, and knowledge will increase.
About this coordinate
Daniel 12:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 12:4, so the Hebrew word וַחֲתֹ֥ם (vakhatom) 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.12.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.4.W5.S1) and character.