Daniel 2:5:10Dan.2.5.W10TAB
לָ֤א
la
“not”
- Transliteration
- LA
- Extended
- LAA
- IPA
- /ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LA
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HEN LA te-ho-deh-oo-nna-NEE
- clause
HEN LA te-ho-deh-oo-nna-NEE khel-MA u-fish-REH ha-daa-MEEN tit-a-ved-DUN u-va-te-khon ne-va-LEE yit-sa-MOON
- sentence
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E mil-le-TA mih-NEE az-DA HEN LA te-ho-deh-oo-nna-NEE khel-MA u-fish-REH ha-daa-MEEN tit-a-ved-DUN u-va-te-khon ne-va-LEE yit-sa-MOON
Exegesis
The conditional hen la {הֵ֣ן לָ֤א | hēn lāʾ} introduces the unfulfilled protasis.
Root and etymology
g-l-ʾgimel–lamed–aleph
“to uncover, reveal”
In context — Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be made into pieces, and your houses shall be set as a dunghill .”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 2:5, so the Hebrew word לָ֤א (la) 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.2.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.5.W10.S1) and character.