Daniel 12:5:8Dan.12.5.W8TAB

אֶחָ֥ד

ekhad

one

Transliteration
e-KHAD
Extended
eh-KHAAD
IPA
/ʔɛˈħaːd/

Meaning by language

English
one

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Result
אֶ + חָ֥ד
e + khad
ekhad

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-KHAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-KHAD HEN-na

  3. clause

    e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR veh-e-KHAD HEN-na li-SFAT ha-ye-OR

  4. 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 contextDaniel 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 12:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 12:5, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֥ד (ekhad) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.5.W8.S1) and character.