Daniel 3:4:1Dan.3.4.W1TAB
וְכָרוֹזָ֖א
vekharoza
“{And} a herald”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-ro-ZA
- Extended
- veh-kha-ro-ZAA
- IPA
- /wə.xaː.roˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} a herald
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-ro-ZA
- clause
ve-kha-ro-ZA ka-RE be-KHAA-yil
- sentence
ve-kha-ro-ZA ka-RE be-KHAA-yil le-KHON ahm-RIN am-ma-YAA um-ma-YAA ve-lish-sha-NAI-ya
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ve- {וְ | wə-} attached to kharoza {כָרוֹזָא | ḵārôzā} ‘herald,’ establishing the speaker.
Root and etymology
k-r-zkaf–resh–zayin
“to proclaim”
In context — Daniel 3:4
And the herald cried out loudly, “To you it is commanded, O peoples , nations, and languages.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 3:4, so the Hebrew word וְכָרוֹזָ֖א (vekharoza) 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.3.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.4.W1.S1) and character.