Daniel 4:23:27Dan.4.23.W27TABWLC Daniel 4:20
בָּרָ֔א
bara
“the field”
- Transliteration
- ba-RA
- Extended
- baa-RAA
- IPA
- /baˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RA
- phraseyour reading level
yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA
- clause
u-ve-TAL she-ma-YA yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA kha-la-KEH AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
- sentence
ve-DI kha-ZA mal-KA IR ve-kad-DISH nah-KHIT min-she-ma-YA ve-a-MAR GOD-du i-la-NA ve-khab-bu-LU-hi be-RAM i-KAR shar-sho-HI be-ar-A she-vu-KU u-ve-e-SUR di-far-ZEL u-ne-KHASH be-dit-A DI ba-RA u-ve-TAL she-ma-YA yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA kha-la-KEH AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
Exegesis
The locus of this bound stump is given by bəḏitʾā dî bārā {בְּדִתְאָה דִּי בָרָא | bə-ḏit-ʾā dî bā-rā} ‘in the tender grass of the field,’ shifting the image from a lofty tree to something low and exposed in open country.
Finally, the prepositional clause wəʿim-ḥêwat bārā ḥelqēh {וְעִם־חֵיוַת בָּרָא חֶלְקֵהּ | wə-ʿim-ḥê-wat bā-rā ḥel-qēh} ‘and with the beasts of the field is its portion’ marks a further descent from human royal status to sharing life with animals.
In context — Daniel 4:23
And that the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, “Hew down the tree and destroy it, yet leave the stump with its roots in the earth, with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, until seven times pass over him.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:23:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Daniel 4:23, so the Hebrew word בָּרָ֔א (bara) 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.4.23.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.23.W27.S1) and character.