Daniel 2:12:6Dan.2.12.W6TAB
שַׂגִּ֑יא
sagee
“very”
- Transliteration
- sa-GEE
- Extended
- sah-GEE
- IPA
- /saɡˈgiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- very
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-GEE
- phraseyour reading level
u-ke-TSAF sa-GEE
- clause
kal-ko-VEL de-NAA mal-KAA be-NAS u-ke-TSAF sa-GEE
- sentence
kal-ko-VEL de-NAA mal-KAA be-NAS u-ke-TSAF sa-GEE va-a-MAR le-ho-va-DAA le-KHOL kha-ki-MEE ba-VEL
Exegesis
Next the subject malkā {מַלְכָּא | malkā} ‘king’ appears with the prefixed perfect bə-nas {בְּנַס | bə-nas} ‘he became angry’, followed by u-qetsap {וּקְצַף | u-qəṣap̄} ‘and he became furious’ intensified by the adverb śaggî {שַׂגִּיא | śaggî} ‘exceedingly’.
Root and etymology
s-g-asga
“great, abundant”
In context — Daniel 2:12
Because of this, the king grew angry and exceedingly furious, and he commanded the lethal decree against all the wise men of Babylon.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 2:12, so the Hebrew word שַׂגִּ֑יא (sagee) 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.2.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.12.W6.S1) and character.