Daniel 2:4:9Dan.2.4.W9TAB
חֶלְמָ֛א
khelma
“the dream”
- Transliteration
- khel-MA
- Extended
- khehl-MAA
- IPA
- /ħɛlˈmɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dream
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
khel-MA
- phraseyour reading level
e-MAR khel-MA
- clause
mal-KA le-al-MIN khe-YI e-MAR khel-MA leh-av-DEE-KHA le-av-DAKH u-fish-RA neh-khah-VEH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BE-ru ha-kas-DEEM la-ME-lekh a-ra-MIT mal-KA le-al-MIN khe-YI e-MAR khel-MA leh-av-DEE-KHA le-av-DAKH u-fish-RA neh-khah-VEH
Exegesis
Two imperatival moves then drive the request: emar {אֱמַ֥ר | ʾĕmar} ‘say’ governs khelma {חֶלְמָ֛א | ḥel-māʾ} ‘the dream,’ with the indirect object expressed in servant language (including the courtly self-reference leavadakh {לְעַבְדָ֖ךְ | lə-ʿav-dāḵ}).
Root and etymology
RootChet–Lamed–Mem
“to dream”
In context — Daniel 2:4
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic , “O king , live forever. Say the dream to your servants, and we will make known the interpretation.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 2:4, so the Hebrew word חֶלְמָ֛א (khelma) 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.2.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.4.W9.S1) and character.