Daniel 2:5:12Dan.2.5.W12TAB
חֶלְמָ֣א
khelma
“the dream”
- Transliteration
- khel-MA
- Extended
- khehl-MAA
- IPA
- /ħɛlˈmaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
khel-MA
- phraseyour reading level
khel-MA u-fish-REH
- 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 Haphel imperfect tehod‘unanni {תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ | tə-hōḏ-ʿūn-nan-nî} ‘you make known to me’ governs khelma u-pishreh {חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ | ḥel-mā ū-piš-rê(h)} ‘the dream and its interpretation.’
Root and etymology
RootChet–Lamed–Mem
“to dream”
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 2:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 2:5, so the Hebrew word חֶלְמָ֣א (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.2.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.5.W12.S1) and character.