Daniel 4:19:13Dan.4.19.W13TABWLC Daniel 4:16
בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙
belteshatsar
“Belteshazzar”
- Transliteration
- bel-te-sha-TSAR
- Extended
- behl-teh-shah-TSAR
- IPA
- /beːl.tə.ʃaˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- Belteshazzar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bel-te-sha-TSAR
- clause
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR bel-te-sha-TSAR khel-MA u-fish-RE al-ye-va-ha-LAKH a-NE vel-te-sha-TSAR ve-a-MAR me-REE ma-RI khel-MA leh-sa-NA-ikh leh-sa-NEKH u-fish-REH le-a-RA-ikh le-a-RAKH
- sentence
e-DA-yin da-ni-EL di-SHE-meh bel-te-sha-TSAR esh-to-MAM ke-sha-A kha-DA ve-ra-yo-NO-hi ye-va-ha-lu-NE a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR bel-te-sha-TSAR khel-MA u-fish-RE al-ye-va-ha-LAKH a-NE vel-te-sha-TSAR ve-a-MAR me-REE ma-RI khel-MA leh-sa-NA-ikh leh-sa-NEKH u-fish-REH le-a-RA-ikh le-a-RAKH
Exegesis
The subject daniyyel {דָּנִיֵּאל | dā-niy-yēl} ‘Daniel’ is followed by the relative clause di-shemeh belteshaʾtsar {דִּי־שְׁמֵהּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר | dî-šə-mēh bēl-ṭə-šaʾ-ṣar} ‘whose name was Belteshazzar’, foregrounding dual identity.
In context — Daniel 4:19
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while , and his thoughts terrified him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let the dream and its interpretation not alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you , and its interpretation for your enemies.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 4:19, so the Hebrew word בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ (belteshatsar) 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.4.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.19.W13.S1) and character.