Daniel 4:34:6Dan.4.34.W6TABWLC Daniel 4:31
לִשְׁמַיָ֣א
lishmaya
“to heaven”
- Transliteration
- lish-ma-YA
- Extended
- lihsh-mah-YAA
- IPA
- /liʃ.majˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to heaven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-ma-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-NAI lish-ma-YA nit-LET
- sentence
u-le-KTSAT yo-ma-YA a-NA ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR a-NAI lish-ma-YA nit-LET u-man-de-I a-LAI ye-TUV ve-le-i-LA u-le-i-la-A bar-KHET u-le-KHAI ol-ma shab-KHET ve-had-RET DI shal-ta-NEH shal-TAN a-LAM u-mal-khu-TEH im-DAR ve-DAR
Exegesis
The clause ʿenai {עֵינַי | ʿê-nay} ‘my eyes’ plus the prepositional phrase lishmayya {לִשְׁמַיָּא | liš-may-yāʾ} ‘to heaven’ and the verb neṭalt {נְטַלְתְּ | nə-ṭal-te} ‘I lifted’ follows a subject–object–verb pattern typical of Aramaic; in English this is rendered as subject–verb–object for clarity: “I lifted my eyes to heaven.”
Root and etymology
š-m-yshin–mem–yod
“heaven, sky”
In context — Daniel 4:34
And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me. Then I blessed the Most High , and I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 4:34, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמַיָ֣א (lishmaya) 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.4.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.34.W6.S1) and character.