Daniel 4:25:9Dan.4.25.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:22
כְתוֹרִ֣ין
khetorin
“like oxen”
- Transliteration
- khe-to-RIN
- Extended
- kheh-toh-REEN
- IPA
- /xətoˈriːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- like oxen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khe-to-RIN
- 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 4:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:25, so the Hebrew word כְתוֹרִ֣ין (khetorin) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.25.W9.S1) and character.