Daniel 2:29:8Dan.2.29.W8TAB
לֶהֱוֵ֖א
leheve
“would be”
- Transliteration
- le-he-VE
- Extended
- leh-heh-VEE
- IPA
- /lɛ.hɛˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- would be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-he-VE
- phraseyour reading level
DI le-he-VE
- 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 clause ma di ləhewe ahare dena {מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא אַחֲרֵי דְנָה | mā dī ləhewe ʾaḥarē denā} ‘what that would be after this’ expresses the king’s concern for the future.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–waw–yod
“to be, exist, happen”
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 2:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 2:29, so the Hebrew word לֶהֱוֵ֖א (leheve) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.29.W8.S1) and character.