Daniel 2:32:3Dan.2.32.W3TAB
רֵאשֵׁהּ֙
resheh
“its head”
- Transliteration
- re-SHEH
- Extended
- reh-SHEH
- IPA
- /reː.ˈʃe(h)/
Meaning by language
- English
- its head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
re-SHEH
- clause
HU tsal-MA re-SHEH di-de-HAV TAV kha-do-HI u-de-ra-o-HI DI khe-SAF
- sentence
HU tsal-MA re-SHEH di-de-HAV TAV kha-do-HI u-de-ra-o-HI DI khe-SAF me-o-HI ve-yar-kha-TEH DI ne-KHASH
Exegesis
A sequence of noun-construct chains—reshaha {רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ | rēʾšēhā} ‘head’; hadohi ū-deraohi {חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי | ḥădôhî ū-rāʿôhî} ‘chest and arms’; meohi ve-yarkateha {מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ | məʿōhî wə-yarkātēhā} ‘belly and thighs’—is each linked to a metal by the relative particle di {דִּ֣י | dî} ‘of’.
Root and etymology
resh–aleph–shin
“head”
In context — Daniel 2:32
This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze .
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 2:32, so the Hebrew word רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ (resheh) 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.2.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.32.W3.S1) and character.