Daniel 12:5:14Dan.12.5.W14TAB
לִשְׂפַ֥ת
lisfat
“at the bank of”
- Transliteration
- li-SFAT
- Extended
- lih-SFAT
- IPA
- /lɪsˈfaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the bank of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-SFAT
- phraseyour reading level
li-SFAT ha-ye-OR
- clause
e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR veh-e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR
- 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 repeated idiom echad hennah li-sfat ha-ye’or {אֶחָ֥ד הֵ֙נָּה֙ לִשְׂפַ֣ת הַיְאֹ֔ר | ʾe-ḥād hēn-nāh li-śə-fat ha-yə-ʾōr} emphasizes their symmetrical placement on opposite banks.
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 12:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 12:5, so the Hebrew word לִשְׂפַ֥ת (lisfat) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.5.W14.S1) and character.