Daniel 2:11:16Dan.2.11.W16TAB
עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א
imbisraa
“with flesh”
- Transliteration
- im-bis-RAA
- Extended
- im-bis-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕim.bisˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-bis-RAA
- 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
b-s-rbet–shin–resh
“flesh”
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 2:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 2:11, so the Hebrew word עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א (imbisraa) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.11.W16.S1) and character.