Daniel 2:3:6Dan.2.3.W6TAB
וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם
vattipaem
“was troubled”
- Transliteration
- vat-ti-PA-em
- Extended
- vaht-tee-PAA-ehm
- IPA
- /wat.tipˈpaː.ʕɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- was troubled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-ti-PA-em
- phraseyour reading level
vat-ti-PA-em roo-KHEE
- clause
vat-ti-PA-em roo-KHEE la-DA-at et-ha-kha-LOM
- sentence
wa-YO-mer la-HEM ham-ME-lekh kha-LOM kha-LAM-tee vat-ti-PA-em roo-KHEE la-DA-at et-ha-kha-LOM
Exegesis
The Nifal wayyiqtol vattippa‘em {וַתִּפָּעֶם | wat-tip-pa-ʿem} conveys the king’s agitation linked to ruchi {רוּחִי | rû-ḥî} ‘my spirit’.
Root and etymology
p-‘-m
“to stir, trouble”
In context — Daniel 2:3
And the king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 2:3, so the Hebrew word וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם (vattipaem) 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.2.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.3.W6.S1) and character.