Daniel 2:15:1Dan.2.15.W1TAB
עָנֵ֣ה
ahne
“answered”
- Transliteration
- ah-NE
- Extended
- ah-NEH
- IPA
- /ʕaˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ah-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ah-NE veh-ah-MAR
- clause
ah-NE veh-ah-MAR leh-ar-YOKH shal-LEE-TA dee-MAL-KA al-MA da-TA meh-hakh-tseh-FA min-koh-DAM MAL-KA
- sentence
ah-NE veh-ah-MAR leh-ar-YOKH shal-LEE-TA dee-MAL-KA al-MA da-TA meh-hakh-tseh-FA min-koh-DAM MAL-KA eh-DA-yin mil-TA ho-DA ar-YOKH leh-dah-nee-EL
Exegesis
The verse employs the narrative sequence aneh {עָנֵ֣ה | ʿā-nēh} ‘he answered’ and veamar {וְאָמַ֗ר | wə-ʾā-mar} ‘and said’, a standard introduction to direct speech in Aramaic.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-hayin–nun–he
“to answer, respond”
In context — Daniel 2:15
He answered and said to Arioch, the captain of the king, “Why is the decree so urgent from before the king?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 2:15, so the Hebrew word עָנֵ֣ה (ahne) 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.2.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.15.W1.S1) and character.