Daniel 4:20:1Dan.4.20.W1TABWLC Daniel 4:17
אִֽילָנָא֙
eelana
“the tree”
- Transliteration
- EE-la-NA
- Extended
- EE-la-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔiː.laːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tree
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EE-la-NA
- clause
EE-la-NA DEE kha-ZAI-ta DEE re-VA u-te-KIF
- sentence
EE-la-NA DEE kha-ZAI-ta DEE re-VA u-te-KIF veh-roo-MEH yim-TE lish-ma-YA va-kha-zo-TEH le-KHOL-ar-A
Exegesis
The verse opens with ʾīlānā {אִילָנָא | ʾî-lā-nā} ‘tree,’ a masculine singular emphatic noun that serves as the head of an extended relative description.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-naleph–lamed–nun
“tree”
In context — Daniel 4:20
The tree that you saw, which grew great and strong, whose height reached to the heavens , and whose appearance was visible to all the earth.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 4:20, so the Hebrew word אִֽילָנָא֙ (eelana) 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.4.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.20.W1.S1) and character.