Daniel 4:2:7Dan.4.2.W7TABWLC Daniel 3:32
עליא
elya
“Most High”
- Transliteration
- e-LYA
- Extended
- eh-LYAA
- IPA
- /ʕelˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Most High
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
e-LYA
- phraseyour reading level
e-LYA i-la-A
- clause
a-ta-YA veh-tim-ha-YA DI a-VAD i-MI e-la-HA e-LYA i-la-A
- 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 fronted relative clause introduced by di {דִּי | dî} specifies the preceding objects: ʿavad immī {עֲבַד עִמִּי | ʿă-ḇaḏ ʿim-mî} ‘has done for me,’ with the divine subject ʾelahā {אֱלָהָא | ʾĕ-lā-hāʾ} understood and intensified by the modifiers ʿelyā {עליא | ʿel-yāʾ} and ʿillāʾā {עִלָּאָה | ʿil-lā-ʾā}.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-yayin–lamed–yod
“to be high, exalted”
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 4:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 4:2, so the Hebrew word עליא (elya) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.2.W7.S1) and character.