Daniel 4:24:9Dan.4.24.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:21
עַל־מָרִ֥י
almari
“upon my lord”
- Transliteration
- al-MA-ri
- Extended
- ahl-MAA-ree
- IPA
- /ʕal.maːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-MA-ri
- phraseyour reading level
al-MA-ri mal-KA
- clause
u-ge-ZE-rat i-li-A HI DI me-TAT al-MA-ri 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
The prepositional phrase ʿal mari malka {עַל־מָרִי מַלְכָּא | ʿal mā-rî mal-kāʾ} ‘upon my lord the king’ specifies the target of this decree.
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 4:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־מָרִ֥י (almari) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.24.W9.S1) and character.