Daniel 4:10:2Dan.4.10.W2TABWLC Daniel 4:7
רֵאשִׁ֖י
rehshee
“my head”
- Transliteration
- reh-SHEE
- Extended
- reh-SHEE
- IPA
- /reːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
reh-SHEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-khez-VEE reh-SHEE
- clause
veh-khez-VEE reh-SHEE ahl-mish-ke-VEE
- sentence
veh-khez-VEE reh-SHEE ahl-mish-ke-VEE kha-ZEH ha-VEET vah-ah-LOO ee-LAN beh-GOH ar-AA veh-roo-MEH sa-GEE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct phrase wəḥezwê rēšî ʿal-miškəḇî {וְחֶזְוֵי רֵאשִׁי עַל־מִשְׁכְּבִי | wə-ḥez-wê rē-šî ʿal-miš-kə-ḇî}, literally “and visions of my head upon my bed.” The initial conjunction wə- links this sentence to the preceding narrative, while the absence of an explicit finite verb in this first clause allows it to function as a topical frame. English therefore supplies “These were” or an equivalent copular phrase to form a complete sentence, while preserving the sense that what follows explains the content of those visions. The construct chain ḥezwê rēšî “visions of my head” uses “my head” metonymically for the mind or inner consciousness, and the prepositional phrase ʿal-miškəḇî “upon my bed” locates the experience in the setting of night rest.
In context — Daniel 4:10
These were the visions of my head as I lay upon my bed: I was watching, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth , and its height was great.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 4:10, so the Hebrew word רֵאשִׁ֖י (rehshee) 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.4.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.10.W2.S1) and character.