Daniel 4:29:9Dan.4.29.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:26
הֲוָֽה׃
hahvaa
“he was”
- Transliteration
- hah-VAA
- Extended
- hah-VAA
- IPA
- /hăˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hah-VAA
- phraseyour reading level
meh-hah-LEKH hah-VAA
- clause
ahl-hee-KHAL mal-khoo-TAA DEE vah-VEL meh-hah-LEKH hah-VAA
- sentence
lik-TSAAT yar-KHIN teh-REE-ah-SAR ahl-hee-KHAL mal-khoo-TAA DEE vah-VEL meh-hah-LEKH hah-VAA
Exegesis
The action is presented with a periphrastic verbal construction: the participle mehallekh {מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ | məhalleḵ} ‘walking about’ plus the auxiliary hawa {הֲוָ֖ה | hăwā} ‘he was’, which together convey an ongoing past situation (past progressive), highlighting continuous movement at the very moment the waiting period ends.
In context — Daniel 4:29
At the end of twelve months, he was walking on the palace roof of the kingdom of Babylon.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:29, so the Hebrew word הֲוָֽה׃ (hahvaa) 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.4.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.29.W9.S1) and character.