Daniel 4:12:1Dan.4.12.W1TABWLC Daniel 4:9

עָפְיֵ֤הּ

afeyeh

its leaves

Transliteration
a-fe-YEH
Extended
aa-feh-YEH
IPA
/ʕaː.fəˈjeːh/

Meaning by language

English
its leaves

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Result
עָ + פְ + יֵ֤הּ
a + fe + yeh
afeyeh

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-fe-YEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-fe-YEH sha-PIR

  3. sentence

    a-fe-YEH sha-PIR ve-in-BEH sa-GI u-ma-ZON le-kho-LA-beh te-kho-TE-hi tat-LEL kheh-WAT ba-RA u-ve-an-FO-hi ye-DUN ye-DOR tsif-RE she-ma-YA u-min-NEH yit-ZEEN kol-bis-RA

Exegesis

The verse opens with the noun opyeho {עָפְיֵהוֹ | ʿop-yē-hô} “its foliage,” followed directly by the predicate adjective shappir {שַׁפִּיר | šap-pîr} “beautiful.” This is a nominal clause without an explicit verb, a common Aramaic structure where the copula “was” is implied.

Root and etymology

ʿ-p-yAyin–Pe–Yod

leafage, foliage, overhanging cover

In contextDaniel 4:12

Its foliage was beautiful, and its fruit was abundant, and food was there for all. Under it the beasts of the field were shaded, and in its branches the birds of heaven dwelt, and from it all flesh was fed.

About this coordinate

Daniel 4:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 4:12, so the Hebrew word עָפְיֵ֤הּ (afeyeh) 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.4.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.12.W1.S1) and character.