Daniel 4:18:21Dan.4.18.W21TABWLC Daniel 4:15
רוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין
rooakhelahin
“spirit of”
- Transliteration
- roo-akh-e-la-HIN
- Extended
- roo-akh-eh-laa-HEEN
- IPA
- /ruːaħ.ʔɛlaːˈhiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
roo-akh-e-la-HIN
- phraseyour reading level
roo-akh-e-la-HIN ka-di-SHIN
- clause
ve-AN-TE bel-tsha-TSAR pish-RE e-MAR kal-ko-VEL DI kal-kha-khi-MEE mal-khu-TI la-ya-khe-LIN pish-RA le-ho-da-a-ta-NI ve-AN-TE ka-HEL DI roo-akh-e-la-HIN ka-di-SHIN BAKH
- sentence
de-NAH khel-MA kha-ZEET a-NA mal-KA ne-vu-khad-NET-sar ve-AN-TE bel-tsha-TSAR pish-RE e-MAR kal-ko-VEL DI kal-kha-khi-MEE mal-khu-TI la-ya-khe-LIN pish-RA le-ho-da-a-ta-NI ve-AN-TE ka-HEL DI roo-akh-e-la-HIN ka-di-SHIN BAKH
Exegesis
The conjunction dî {דִּי | dî} then introduces the ground for this confidence: ruaḥ ʾelāhîn qaddišîn bākh {רוּחַ אֱלָהִין קַדִּישִׁין בָּךְ | rûaḥ ʾĕlāhîn qaddišîn bāḵ} “spirit of holy gods in you.”
Here ruaḥ {רוּחַ | rûaḥ} “spirit” governs the genitive ʾelāhîn {אֱלָהִין | ʾĕlāhîn} “gods,” modified by qaddišîn {קַדִּישִׁין | qaddišîn} “holy,” locating that divine “spirit” bākh {בָּךְ | bāḵ} “in you.” English moves to more explicit subject–predicate order and adds some repetition (“the interpretation,” “its meaning”) to reflect the Aramaic emphasis on the failure of human wisdom versus divinely empowered insight.
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥResh-Vav-Chet
“wind, breath, spirit”
In context — Daniel 4:18
This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make the interpretation known to me; but you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:18:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Daniel 4:18, so the Hebrew word רוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין (rooakhelahin) 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.4.18.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.18.W21.S1) and character.