Daniel 4:31:5Dan.4.31.W5TABWLC Daniel 4:28
קָ֖ל
kal
“a voice”
- Transliteration
- KAL
- Extended
- KAAL
- IPA
- /ˈqɑːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a voice
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KAL
- clause
OD mil-TA beh-FOO-MA mal-KA KAL min-SHE-MAI-YA ne-FAL
- sentence
OD mil-TA beh-FOO-MA mal-KA KAL min-SHE-MAI-YA ne-FAL LAT am-RIN neh-boo-KHAD-ne-TSAR mal-KA mal-khoo-TA a-DAT min-NAKH
Exegesis
The next clause, qal min-shemayya nepal {קָל מִן־שְׁמַיָּא נְפַל | qāl min-še-may-yāʾ nə-pal}, places the noun qal {קָל | qāl} “voice” first as the subject, followed by its source “from heaven,” and then the verb nepal {נְפַל | nə-pal} “fell.” In Aramaic narrative, the collocation “voice fell” is an idiomatic way to depict a sudden, weighty declaration descending from above, so the English rendering preserves either the vivid literal image (“fell”) or a smoother equivalent (“came”) depending on register.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Vav–Lamed
“voice, sound”
In context — Daniel 4:31
Still the word was in the king’s mouth when a voice fell from heaven , saying, “To you it is declared, King Nebuchadnezzar, the kingdom has departed from you.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 4:31, so the Hebrew word קָ֖ל (kal) 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.4.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.31.W5.S1) and character.