Daniel 4:3:2Dan.4.3.W2TABWLC Daniel 3:33
כְּמָ֣ה
kema
“how”
- Transliteration
- ke-MA
- Extended
- keh-MAA
- IPA
- /kəˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ke-MA rav-re-VIN
- clause
a-TO-hi ke-MA rav-re-VIN ve-tim-ho-HI ke-MA ta-kif-FIN
- sentence
a-TO-hi ke-MA rav-re-VIN ve-tim-ho-HI ke-MA ta-kif-FIN mal-khu-TE mal-KHUT a-LAM ve-shal-ta-NE im-DAR ve-DAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the exclamatory sequence ʾatohi kema rabrevin {אָתוֹהִי כְּמָה רַבְרְבִין | ʾāṯôhî kəmā rabrebîn} ‘His signs, how great’, where the adverb kema {כְּמָה | kəmā} ‘how’ combines with the plural adjective rabrevin {רַבְרְבִין | rabrebîn} ‘great’ to express strong admiration rather than a genuine question.
This pattern is repeated in vetimehohi kema taqqipin {וְתִמְהוֹהִי כְּמָה תַקִּיפִין | wə-timhôhî kəmā taqqîpîn} ‘and His wonders, how mighty’, producing synonymous parallelism: ʾatohi ‘signs’ corresponds to timhohi ‘wonders’, and rabrevin ‘great’ corresponds to taqqipin ‘mighty’.
In context — Daniel 4:3
How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom , and His dominion is from generation to generation.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 4:3, so the Hebrew word כְּמָ֣ה (kema) 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.4.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.3.W2.S1) and character.