Daniel 2:11:13Dan.2.11.W13TAB
אֱלָהִ֔ין
elahin
“the gods”
- Transliteration
- e-la-HIN
- Extended
- eh-la-HEEN
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.laːˈhiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-la-HIN
- phraseyour reading level
la-HEN e-la-HIN
- clause
la-HEN e-la-HIN DI me-dar-HON im-bis-RAA LAA i-TO-hi
- sentence
u-mil-le-TAA di-mal-KAA sha-EL yak-KEE-RAA ve-a-khoh-RAAN LAA i-TAI DI ye-kha-VVIN-NA ko-DAM mal-KAA la-HEN e-la-HIN DI me-dar-HON im-bis-RAA LAA i-TO-hi
Exegesis
The exception marker lehen {לָהֵ֣ן | lā-hēn} ‘except’ introduces elahin {אֱלָהִ֔ין | ʾĕ-lā-hîn} ‘gods’, further refined by di medarhon im-bisra la itohi {דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי | dî mə-ḏār-hon ʿim-bis-rāʾ lāʾ ʾî-to-hî} ‘whose dwelling is not with flesh’. The English rendering preserves the layered relative clauses, shifts the idiom to ‘no one else’, and conveys the exclusive access of divine knowledge.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“divinity”
In context — Daniel 2:11
And the matter which the king has asked is difficult , and there is no other who can declare it before the king except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 2:11, so the Hebrew word אֱלָהִ֔ין (elahin) 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.2.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.11.W13.S1) and character.