Daniel 2:43:13Dan.2.43.W13TAB
דָּבְקִ֖ין
davkin
“clinging”
- Transliteration
- dav-KIN
- Extended
- daav-KEEN
- IPA
- /davˈqiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- clinging
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dav-KIN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LA-le-he-VON dav-KIN
- clause
DI ve-DI kha-ZAI-ta par-ze-LA me-a-RAV ba-kha-SAF ti-NA mit-a-re-VIN le-he-VON biz-RA a-na-SHA ve-LA-le-he-VON dav-KIN de-NA im-de-NA
- sentence
DI ve-DI kha-ZAI-ta par-ze-LA me-a-RAV ba-kha-SAF ti-NA mit-a-re-VIN le-he-VON biz-RA a-na-SHA ve-LA-le-he-VON dav-KIN de-NA im-de-NA HE-khe-DI par-ze-LA LA mit-a-RAV im-khas-PA
Exegesis
The negative jussive vela ləhevôn dābqîn dënā im-dənāʾ {וְלָֽא־לֶהֱוֺ֥ן דָּבְקִין דְּנָ֣ה עִם־דְּנָ֑ה} ‘and not to be clinging one to another’ conveys expected result.
Root and etymology
d-b-qdalet–bet–qoph
“to cling, adhere”
In context — Daniel 2:43
And as you saw the iron being mixed with clay and mud, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:43:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 2:43, so the Hebrew word דָּבְקִ֖ין (davkin) 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.2.43.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.43.W13.S1) and character.