כְּשָׁעָ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְּשָׁעָ֣ה

   ke-sha-A

   for a while
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה

   ke-sha-A kha-DA

   for a while one
3. clause🔊 אֱדַ֨יִן דָּנִיֵּ֜אל דִּי־שְׁמֵ֣הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר אֶשְׁתּוֹמַ֙ם֙ כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה וְרַעְיוֹנֹ֖הִי יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ

   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

   then Daniel whose name Belteshazzar was stunned for a while one and his thoughts alarmed him
4. sentence🔊 אֱדַ֨יִן דָּנִיֵּ֜אל דִּי־שְׁמֵ֣הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר אֶשְׁתּוֹמַ֙ם֙ כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה וְרַעְיוֹנֹ֖הִי יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֗ר בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֣א אַל־יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְ עָנֵ֤ה בֵלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מְרִאי מָרִ֕י חֶלְמָ֥א לְשָׂנְאָ֖יךְ לְשָׂנְאָֽךְ וּפִשְׁרֵ֥הּ לְעָֽרָ֥יךְ לְעָרָֽךְ׃

   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

   then Daniel whose name Belteshazzar was stunned for a while one and his thoughts alarmed him answered the king and said Belteshazzar the dream and its interpretation let it not alarm you answered Belteshazzar and said my lord my lord the dream for those who hate you for your hater and its interpretation for your enemies for your enemy

Exegesis

The temporal phrase keshahah chadah {כְּשָׁעָה חֲדָה | kə-ša-ʿā(h) ḥa-ḏā} ‘like one hour’ forms an adverbial duration, rendered “for a while.”