Daniel 4:2:9Dan.4.2.W9TABWLC Daniel 3:32
שְׁפַ֥ר
shefar
“seemed good”
- Transliteration
- she-FAR
- Extended
- sheh-FAR
- IPA
- /ʃəˈfar/
Meaning by language
- English
- seemed good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
she-FAR ka-da-MAI
- 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.
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 4:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁפַ֥ר (shefar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.2.W9.S1) and character.