Daniel 4:17:6Dan.4.17.W6TABWLC Daniel 4:14
שְׁאֵלְתָ֑א
sheheltah
“decision”
- Transliteration
- sheh-EL-TAH
- Extended
- sheh-EHL-TAH
- IPA
- /ʃəʔeːlˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- decision
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sheh-EL-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
ka-di-SHEEN sheh-EL-TAH
- clause
beh-geh-ZE-raht ee-REEN pit-ga-MAH oo-meh-MAR ka-di-SHEEN sheh-EL-TAH
- sentence
beh-geh-ZE-raht ee-REEN pit-ga-MAH oo-meh-MAR ka-di-SHEEN sheh-EL-TAH ad-DIV-rat DEE yin-deh-OON kha-na-YA dee-sha-LIT i-la-AA beh-mal-KHOOT e-no-SHA oo-leh-mahn-DEE yits-BEH yit-ni-NAH oo-sheh-FAL ah-nah-SHEEM ye-KEEM a-LAI
Exegesis
A parallelism links ʿirin pitgama {עִירִין פִּתְגָמָא | ʿîrîn piṯ-gāmāʾ} “watchers’ edict” with qaddishin umeʾamar sheʾelta {קַדִּישִׁין וּמֵאמַר שְׁאֵלְתָּא | qaddîšîn ū-mēʾămar šəʾēlṯāʾ} “holy ones’ word decision,” underlining unanimous heavenly decree.
In context — Daniel 4:17
By the decree of the watchers the edict stands, and by the word of the holy ones the decision is fixed, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of mankind, and He gives it to whomever He wills, and He sets over it the lowliest of men.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 4:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁאֵלְתָ֑א (sheheltah) 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.4.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.17.W6.S1) and character.