Daniel 4:11:6Dan.4.11.W6TABWLC Daniel 4:8
לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א
lishmaiya
“to the heavens”
- Transliteration
- lish-mai-YA
- Extended
- lihsh-mah-YAA
- IPA
- /liʃ.majˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-mai-YA
- 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
That goal is specified by the prepositional phrase lishmayya {לִשְׁמַיָּא | lišmayyāʾ} ‘to the heavens’, whose emphatic plural form and placement after “reached” intensify the vertical scale, suggesting a cosmic or sky-reaching dimension rather than a merely tall tree.
Root and etymology
š-m-yshin–mem–yod
“heaven, sky”
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 4:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 4:11, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א (lishmaiya) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.11.W6.S1) and character.