Daniel 4:25:8Dan.4.25.W8TABWLC Daniel 4:22
וְעִשְׂבָּ֣א
vehisba
“and grass”
- Transliteration
- veh-is-BA
- Extended
- veh-ihs-BAA
- IPA
- /vəʕisˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and grass
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-is-BA
- phraseyour reading level
me-do-RAKH veh-is-BA khe-to-RIN LAKH yit-a-MUN
- clause
u-LAKH tar-DIN min-a-na-SHA veh-im-KHEI-vat ba-RA le-he-VE me-do-RAKH veh-is-BA khe-to-RIN LAKH yit-a-MUN oo-mi-TAL she-ma-YA LAKH me-tsab-EEN veh-shiv-a-TA i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-LAIKH
- sentence
u-LAKH tar-DIN min-a-na-SHA veh-im-KHEI-vat ba-RA le-he-VE me-do-RAKH veh-is-BA khe-to-RIN LAKH yit-a-MUN oo-mi-TAL she-ma-YA LAKH me-tsab-EEN veh-shiv-a-TA i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-LAIKH AD di-tin-DA di-sha-LIT i-la-YA be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA u-le-man-DI yits-BE yit-ne-nan-NE
Exegesis
The clause veisseva ketorin lakh yetaamun {וְעִשְּׂבָא כְּתֹורִין לָךְ יְטַעֲמוּן | wə-ʿis-sə-bāʾ kə-ṭō-rîn lāḵ yə-ṭa-ʿa-mûn} combines an adverbial comparison (ketorin “like oxen”) with an imperfect verb “they will make eat,” portraying an ongoing, imposed animal-like diet.
In context — Daniel 4:25
And you they will drive away from among men, and your dwelling, your habitation, will be with the beasts of the field, and they will make you eat grass like oxen, and they will drench you with the dew of heaven, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of mankind, and He gives it to whomever He wills .
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 4:25, so the Hebrew word וְעִשְׂבָּ֣א (vehisba) 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.4.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.25.W8.S1) and character.