Daniel 2:26:6Dan.2.26.W6TAB
שְׁמֵ֖הּ
shemeh
“name”
- Transliteration
- she-MEH
- Extended
- sheh-MEH
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmeːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
she-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
DI she-MEH
- clause
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-da-ni-EL DI she-MEH bel-te-sha-TSAR
- sentence
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-da-ni-EL DI she-MEH bel-te-sha-TSAR ha-i-TIKH ha-i-TAKH ka-HEL le-ho-da-u-ta-NI khel-MA di-kha-ZEIT u-fish-REH
Exegesis
The relative clause dī šməh Belteshazzar {דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר | dī šə-mēh bel-te-sha-TSAR} ‘whose name was Belteshazzar’ clarifies identity.
In context — Daniel 2:26
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, and its interpretation ?”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 2:26, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֵ֖הּ (shemeh) 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.2.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.26.W6.S1) and character.