Daniel 2:11:8Dan.2.11.W8TAB
דִּ֥י
di
“that”
- Transliteration
- DI
- Extended
- DEE
- IPA
- /ˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
DI
- phraseyour reading level
DI ye-kha-VVIN-NA
- clause
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
- 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 conjunction waw with veahoran {וְאָחֳרָן֙ | wə-ʾā-ḥo-rān} ‘and another’ intensifies the statement, leading into the existential negative la itai {לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י | lāʾ ʾî-ṯay} ‘there is none’, followed by the subordinate clause di yechavinnah {דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ | dî yə-ḥav-win-nah} ‘who can declare it’, positioned before the king in kodam malka {קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א | qo-ḏām mal-kāʾ} ‘before the king’.
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
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 2:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 2:11, so the Hebrew word דִּ֥י (di) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.11.W8.S1) and character.