Daniel 2:7:5Dan.2.7.W5TAB
חֶלְמָ֛א
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
- clause
mal-KA khel-MA ye-MAR le-av-do-HI u-fish-RA ne-kha-ve
- sentence
a-NO tin-ya-NUT ve-am-RIN mal-KA khel-MA ye-MAR le-av-do-HI u-fish-RA ne-kha-ve
Root and etymology
RootChet–Lamed–Mem
“to dream”
In context — Daniel 2:7
They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will show its interpretation .”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 2:7, so the Hebrew word חֶלְמָ֛א (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.2.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.7.W5.S1) and character.