Daniel 4:2:11Dan.4.2.W11TABWLC Daniel 3:32
לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃
lehakhavaya
“to show”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-kha-VA-ya
- Extended
- leh-hah-khah-VAA-yah
- IPA
- /ləhaħăwaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to show
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-kha-VA-ya
- clause
she-FAR ka-da-MAI le-ha-kha-VA-ya
- sentence
a-ta-YA veh-tim-ha-YA DI a-VAD i-MI e-la-HA e-LYA i-la-A she-FAR ka-da-MAI le-ha-kha-VA-ya
Exegesis
The impersonal construction shepar qadāmāy {שְׁפַר קָדָמַי | šə-par qā-ḏā-may} ‘it seemed good before me’ conveys personal approval, and the infinitive lehachvayah {לְהַחֲוָיָה | lə-ha-ḥă-wā-yā} ‘to declare’ completes the idiom. Formal maintains the impersonal form to reflect the original structure, while dynamic shifts to a personal subject for readability.
Root and etymology
ḥ-w-ychet–vav–yod
“to show, to make known”
In context — Daniel 4:2
The signs and the wonders that the Most High God has done for me, it seemed good before me to declare.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 4:2, so the Hebrew word לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ (lehakhavaya) 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.4.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.2.W11.S1) and character.