Daniel 2:34:10Dan.2.34.W10TAB
לְצַלְמָא֙
letsalma
“the image”
- Transliteration
- le-tsal-MA
- Extended
- leh-tsahl-MAA
- IPA
- /lətsalˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the image
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
le-tsal-MA
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-KHAT le-tsal-MA
- clause
kha-ZE ha-VAI-ta AD di hit-ge-ZE-ret E-ven di-LA vi-DA-yin u-me-KHAT le-tsal-MA al-rag-LO-hi di far-ze-LA ve-khas-PA
- sentence
kha-ZE ha-VAI-ta AD di hit-ge-ZE-ret E-ven di-LA vi-DA-yin u-me-KHAT le-tsal-MA al-rag-LO-hi di far-ze-LA ve-khas-PA ve-had-DE-ket him-MON
Exegesis
The verb u-mechat {וּמְחָת | u-me-ḥat} ‘and it struck’ agrees in feminine with even {אֶבֶן}, locating the impact le-tsalma {לְצַלְמָא | le-ṣal-māʼ} ‘to the image.’
Root and etymology
צ־ל־ם
“image”
In context — Daniel 2:34
You were watching until a stone was cut out not by hands and struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, crushing them to pieces.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 2:34, so the Hebrew word לְצַלְמָא֙ (letsalma) 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.2.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.34.W10.S1) and character.