Daniel 4:14:16Dan.4.14.W16TABWLC Daniel 4:11
וְצִפֳּרַיָּא֖
vetsipohrahyaa
“and the birds”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsi-POH-rah-YAA
- Extended
- veh-tsi-POH-rah-YAA
- IPA
- /vət͡si.pɔˈraːjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the birds
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ve-tsi-POH-rah-YAA
- sentence
ka-RE ve-kha-YEEL ve-KHEN a-MAR GO-du ee-la-NA ve-kats-TSU an-fo-HEE a-TA-ru af-YEE u-vad-RU in-VEH te-NAD kheh-vah-TAA min-tahk-TOH-HEE ve-tsi-POH-rah-YAA min-an-fo-HEE
Exegesis
A closely parallel structure then applies to the birds: ûṣəparayyāʾ {וּצְפַרַיָּ֖א | û-ṣə-pa-ray-yāʾ} “and the birds” with min-ʿănappôhî {מִן־עֲנַפּֽוֹהִי | min-ʿă-nap-pō-hî} “from its branches.” This parallelism (beasts / from under it :: birds / from its branches) underlines the total loss of shelter and security signified by the destruction of the tree.
In context — Daniel 4:14
He called out with a mighty voice , and thus he said, “Hew down the tree and cut off its branches; shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 4:14, so the Hebrew word וְצִפֳּרַיָּא֖ (vetsipohrahyaa) 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.4.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.14.W16.S1) and character.