Daniel 4:16:3Dan.4.16.W3TABWLC Daniel 4:13
אֲנָשָׁ֣א
anasha
“a man”
- Transliteration
- a-NA-sha
- Extended
- ah-NAH-shah
- IPA
- /ʔănaːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NA-sha
- phraseyour reading level
min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON
- clause
le-vav-HEH min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON u-le-VAV KHEI-va yit-ya-HIV LEH
- sentence
le-vav-HEH min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON u-le-VAV KHEI-va yit-ya-HIV LEH ve-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase minʾenasha {מִן־אֱנָשָׁא | min-ʾĕnāšā} “from a man” specifies the current human quality of this heart, marking what will be lost.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin
“man, humankind”
In context — Daniel 4:16
His heart shall be changed from that of a man, and the heart of a beast shall be given to him, and seven times shall pass over him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 4:16, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשָׁ֣א (anasha) 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.4.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.16.W3.S1) and character.