Daniel 4:24:2Dan.4.24.W2TABWLC Daniel 4:21
פִּשְׁרָ֖א
pishra
“interpretation”
- Transliteration
- pish-RA
- Extended
- pihsh-RAA
- IPA
- /piʃˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- interpretation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
pish-RA
- phraseyour reading level
de-NA pish-RA
- clause
de-NA pish-RA mal-KA
- sentence
de-NA pish-RA mal-KA u-ge-ZE-rat i-li-A HI DI me-TAT al-MA-ri mal-KA
Exegesis
It is followed immediately by pishra {פִשְׁרָא | piš-rāʾ} ‘interpretation’, a technical term in Daniel for divinely disclosed meanings of dreams and visions. The sequence denah pishra functions as an emphatic identification, equivalent to “This is the interpretation.”
Root and etymology
פ־שׁ־רPe–Shin–Resh
“to loosen, unravel, interpret”
In context — Daniel 4:24
This is the interpretation , O king, and it is the decree of the Most High God , which has come upon my lord the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 4:24, so the Hebrew word פִּשְׁרָ֖א (pishra) 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.4.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.24.W2.S1) and character.