Daniel 12:5:1Dan.12.5.W1TAB
וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙
vehraaitee
“{And} saw”
- Transliteration
- veh-raa-i-TEE
- Extended
- veh-raa-ih-TEE
- IPA
- /vəraːʔiˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-raa-i-TEE
- clause
veh-raa-i-TEE a-NI daa-ni-YEEL veh-hin-NEH she-NA-yim a-khe-RIM oh-meh-DIM
- sentence
veh-raa-i-TEE a-NI daa-ni-YEEL veh-hin-NEH she-NA-yim a-khe-RIM oh-meh-DIM e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR veh-e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive ve-ra’iti {וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ | wə-rā-ʾî-tî} ‘and I saw’, establishing Daniel {דָנִיֵּ֔אל | dā-nî-yēl} as the observer.
In context — Daniel 12:5
And I, Daniel , saw and behold two others standing—one here on the bank of the river and one here on the opposite bank of the river.
About this coordinate
Daniel 12:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 12:5, so the Hebrew word וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ (vehraaitee) 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.12.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.5.W1.S1) and character.