Daniel 12:5:15Dan.12.5.W15TAB
הַיְאֹֽר׃
hayeor
“the river”
- Transliteration
- ha-ye-OR
- Extended
- hah-yeh-OHR
- IPA
- /hajəˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the river
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ye-OR
- 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.
The loanword ye’or {הַיְאֹ֔ר | ha-yə-ʾōr} conveys a generic river channel in the vision.
Root and etymology
uncertain
“river channel”
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 12:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 12:5, so the Hebrew word הַיְאֹֽר׃ (hayeor) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.5.W15.S1) and character.