Daniel 4:27:9Dan.4.27.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:24
בִּצְדָקָ֣ה
bitsdaka
“by righteousness”
- Transliteration
- bits-da-KA
- Extended
- bihts-dah-KAA
- IPA
- /bitsdaːˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by righteousness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bits-da-KA
- phraseyour reading level
bits-da-KA pe-RUK
- clause
la-HEN mal-KA min-KI yish-PAR a-LAKH a-tsa-TI ve-kha-TAI-kh va-kha-TA-a-kh bits-da-KA pe-RUK va-a-va-ya-TAAKH be-mi-KHAN a-na-YIN
- sentence
la-HEN mal-KA min-KI yish-PAR a-LAKH a-tsa-TI ve-kha-TAI-kh va-kha-TA-a-kh bits-da-KA pe-RUK va-a-va-ya-TAAKH be-mi-KHAN a-na-YIN HEN te-he-VE ar-KHA lish-LEH-ve-takh
Exegesis
The coordinated objects vekhattaayikh {וְחַטָּאָיךְ | wə-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾay-ḵ} ‘your sins’ and vaʿavayatek {וְעֲוָיָתָךְ | wə-ʿă-wā-yā-ṯā-ḵ} ‘your iniquities’ are each modified by instrumental prepositional phrases: betsidqah {בְּצִדְקָה | bə-ṣid-qāh} ‘by righteousness’ and bemikhan {בְּמִחַן | bə-mi-ḥan} ‘by mercies’, with aniyyin {עֲנִיִּין | ʿă-nî-yîn} ‘poor, oppressed ones’ specifying recipients of mercy.
Root and etymology
ts-d-qtsade–dalet–qof
“righteousness, justice”
In context — Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, may my counsel be pleasing to you; break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by acts of mercy to the poor; perhaps there will be a lengthening of your tranquility.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:27, so the Hebrew word בִּצְדָקָ֣ה (bitsdaka) 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.4.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.27.W9.S1) and character.