Daniel 4:30:5Dan.4.30.W5TABWLC Daniel 4:27
דָא־הִ֣יא
dahee
“this is”
- Transliteration
- da-HEE
- Extended
- dah-HEE
- IPA
- /daːˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- this is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
da-HEE
- phraseyour reading level
da-HEE va-VEL rav-TA
- clause
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR ha-LA da-HEE va-VEL rav-TA di-a-NA ve-NAY-ta le-VET mal-KHU bit-KAF khis-NI
- sentence
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR ha-LA da-HEE va-VEL rav-TA di-a-NA ve-NAY-ta le-VET mal-KHU bit-KAF khis-NI u-li-KAR had-RI
Exegesis
The phrase dāʾ-hî {דָּא־הִיא | dāʾ-hîʾ} combines a demonstrative “this” with a feminine pronoun referring to the feminine noun bāḇel {בָּבֶל | bāḇel} “Babylon,” here described by the adjective rabtā {רַבְתָּא | rabtāʾ} “great,” producing the emphatic idea “this, she is Babylon the great.”
In context — Daniel 4:30
The king answered and said, “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built as a house for the kingdom , by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 4:30, so the Hebrew word דָא־הִ֣יא (dahee) 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.4.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.30.W5.S1) and character.