Daniel 2:48:15Dan.2.48.W15TAB
כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֥י
kolkhakhime
“all the wise men of”
- Transliteration
- kol-kha-khi-ME
- Extended
- kohl-khah-khih-MEE
- IPA
- /kɔl.ħak.kiˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the wise men of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-kha-khi-ME
- phraseyour reading level
kol-kha-khi-ME va-VEL
- clause
ve-rav-sig-NIN AL kol-kha-khi-ME va-VEL
- sentence
e-DA-yin mal-KA le-da-ni-EL ra-BI u-mat-te-NAN rav-re-VAN sa-gi-AN ye-hav-LE ve-hash-le-TE AL kol-me-di-NAT ba-VEL ve-rav-sig-NIN AL kol-kha-khi-ME va-VEL
Exegesis
The final promotion is expressed with the causative ve-hashletheh {וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּ | wə-hašləṭēh} ‘and he caused him to rule’, which governs two parallel prepositional complements introduced by ʿal {עַ֖ל | ʿal} ‘over’: kol-medinat {כָּל־מְדִינַ֣ת | kol məḏînaṯ} ‘all the province of’ Babylon, and then Daniel’s supervisory authority as ve-rav-signin {וְרַב־סִגְנִ֔ין | wə-raḇ-signîn} ‘chief of the officials’ over kol-chakimei {כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֥י | kol ḥakkîmê} ‘all the wise men of’ Babylon. English represents the Aramaic sequence of coordinated predicates with a smooth series of finite verbs while retaining the repeated “over all” to preserve the verse’s totalizing scope.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–kaf–mem
“wise”
In context — Daniel 2:48
Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon, and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:48:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 2:48, so the Hebrew word כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֥י (kolkhakhime) 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.2.48.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.48.W15.S1) and character.