Daniel 2:10:21Dan.2.10.W21TAB
לָ֣א
laa
“not”
- Transliteration
- LAA
- Extended
- LAA
- IPA
- /laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LAA
- phraseyour reading level
LAA she-EL
- clause
KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY
- sentence
a-NO khas-da-YA khas-da-E ko-DAM-mal-KA ve-am-RIN laa-ee-TAI a-NASH al-yab-BESH-TAA DEE mil-LAT mal-KA yoo-KHAL le-hah-KHA-vah-YAA KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY
Exegesis
A negative existential la-itai {לָֽא־אִיתַ֤י | lāʾ-ʾîṯay} ‘there is not’ precedes the noun anash {אֲנָשׁ֙ | ʾănāš} ‘a man’ with the locative al-yabeshta {עַל־יַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔א | ʿal-yabbēšṯāʾ} ‘on the earth’.
Root and etymology
g-l-ʾgimel–lamed–aleph
“to uncover, reveal”
In context — Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is no person on earth who can disclose the king’s matter; for no king, however great and powerful, has ever requested such a thing from any magician or enchanter or Chaldean."
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:10:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Daniel 2:10, so the Hebrew word לָ֣א (laa) 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.2.10.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.10.W21.S1) and character.