Daniel 4:11:5Dan.4.11.W5TABWLC Daniel 4:8
יְמַטֵ֣א
yemate
“reached”
- Transliteration
- ye-ma-TE
- Extended
- yeh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /jə.maˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- reached
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ma-TE
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ma-TE lish-mai-YA
- clause
ve-roo-MEH ye-ma-TE lish-mai-YA va-kha-zo-TEH le-SOF kal-ar-A
- sentence
re-VA ee-la-NA oo-te-KIF ve-roo-MEH ye-ma-TE lish-mai-YA va-kha-zo-TEH le-SOF kal-ar-A
Exegesis
The following verb yimte {יִמְטֵא | yimṭēʾ} ‘reached’ is Peal imperfect, portraying the height as extending upward toward a goal.
Root and etymology
m-ṭ-ʾmem–tet–aleph
“to reach, attain, come upon”
In context — Daniel 4:11
The tree grew and became strong, and its height reached to the heavens , and its appearance was to the end of all the earth.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 4:11, so the Hebrew word יְמַטֵ֣א (yemate) 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.4.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.11.W5.S1) and character.