Daniel 2:33:11Dan.2.33.W11TAB
דִּ֥י
di
“of”
- Transliteration
- DI
- Extended
- DEE
- IPA
- /ˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
DI
- phraseyour reading level
DI kha-SAF
- clause
rag-lo-HI mi-na-HON min-ne-HEN DI far-ZEL ve-mi-na-HON u-min-ne-HEN DI kha-SAF
- sentence
sha-KO-hi DI far-ZEL rag-lo-HI mi-na-HON min-ne-HEN DI far-ZEL ve-mi-na-HON u-min-ne-HEN DI kha-SAF
Exegesis
The Aramaic noun shakohei {שָׁק֖וֹהִי | šāqōhî} ‘his legs’ carries a pronominal suffix and is linked by the relative particle di {דִּ֣י | dî} ‘which’ to parzel {פַרְזֶ֑ל | parzel} ‘iron.’
The phrase raglohei mennehon {רַגְל֕וֹהִי מנהון | raglôhî mennehōn} ‘his feet part of them’ is followed by minnehîn {מִנְּהֵין֙ | minnehîn} ‘from them’ and di {דִּ֣י | dî} ‘which’ back to parzel {פַרְזֶ֔ל | parzel}, establishing a distributive relation.
This pattern repeats with û-mennehon {ומנהון | û-mennehōn} and û-minnehîn {וּמִנְּהֵ֖ין | û-minnehîn} each meaning ‘and from them,’ both taking di {דִּ֥י | dî} to introduce khasaf {חֲסַֽף׃ | ḥasaf} ‘clay,’ highlighting the contrast between metal and earth. In English the copula “were” is supplied and the word order is smoothed to form natural noun phrases.
Root and etymology
In context — Daniel 2:33
His legs were of iron , and his feet, part of them were of iron and part of them were of clay .
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 2:33, so the Hebrew word דִּ֥י (di) 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.2.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.33.W11.S1) and character.