Daniel 2:29:4Dan.2.29.W4TAB
עַל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְ
almishkevakh
“upon your bed”
- Transliteration
- al-mish-ke-VAKH
- Extended
- ahl-mihsh-keh-VAKH
- IPA
- /ʕal.miʃ.kəˈvaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-mish-ke-VAKH
- phraseyour reading level
al-mish-ke-VAKH se-li-KU
- clause
AN-teh mal-KA ra-yo-NAKH al-mish-ke-VAKH se-li-KU MA DI le-he-VE a-kha-RE de-NA
- sentence
AN-teh mal-KA ra-yo-NAKH al-mish-ke-VAKH se-li-KU MA DI le-he-VE a-kha-RE de-NA ve-ga-LE ra-za-YA ho-de-AKH MA-DI le-he-VE
Exegesis
The construct chain rayonakh {רַעְיוֹנָךְ | raʿyonākh} ‘your thoughts’ + al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ + mishkevakh {מִשְׁכְּבָךְ | miškəvākh} ‘your bed’ describes the king’s contemplations.
Root and etymology
ʿ-lʿ-l
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Daniel 2:29
To you, O king, your thoughts arose upon your bed concerning what would come after this, and Revealer of mysteries has made known to you what is to be .
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 2:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְ (almishkevakh) 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.2.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.29.W4.S1) and character.