Daniel 4:21:1Dan.4.21.W1TABWLC Daniel 4:18
וְעָפְיֵ֤הּ
vehafyeh
“and its foliage”
- Transliteration
- veh-af-YEH
- Extended
- veh-ahf-YEEH
- IPA
- /wəʕafˈjeːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its foliage
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-af-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-af-YEH sha-PIR
- sentence
veh-af-YEH sha-PIR veh-in-BEH sa-GI-a oo-ma-ZON leh-kho-LAA-beh te-kho-to-HI te-DUR KHEI-vat ba-RA oo-ve-an-FO-hi ye-shke-NAN tsi-fe-REI she-ma-YA
Exegesis
It opens with a nominal clause: weʿapyeh {וְעָפְיֵהּ | wə-ʿāp-yēh} “and its foliage” functioning as subject, followed by the predicate adjective šappir {שַׁפִּירִ | šap-pîr} “beautiful, fair.” The pronominal suffix on weʿapyeh links the foliage back to the already-mentioned tree, and the vav conjunction continues the sequence of descriptive clauses from the previous context.
In context — Daniel 4:21
And its foliage was beautiful, and its fruit was abundant, and there was food for all in it; under it the beasts of the field would dwell , and in its branches the birds of the heavens would live.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 4:21, so the Hebrew word וְעָפְיֵ֤הּ (vehafyeh) 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.4.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.21.W1.S1) and character.