Daniel 2:5:4Dan.2.5.W4TAB
לכשדיא
lekhasedia
“Chaldeans”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-se-di-A
- Extended
- leh-khah-seh-dih-AA
- IPA
- /ləχasdiˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Chaldeans
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-se-di-A
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E
- clause
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E mil-le-TA mih-NEE az-DA
- 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
Two prepositional phrases, le-kashdayya {לכשדיא | lə-kaš-da-yā} and le-kashdaei {לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י | lə-kaś-dā-ʾê}, specify the Chaldean audience.
Root and etymology
Rootk-sh-d
“Chaldean”
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 2:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 2:5, so the Hebrew word לכשדיא (lekhasedia) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.5.W4.S1) and character.