Daniel 4:34:8Dan.4.34.W8TABWLC Daniel 4:31
וּמַנְדְּעִי֙
umandei
“and my understanding”
- Transliteration
- u-man-de-I
- Extended
- oo-man-DEE
- IPA
- /u.manˈdɛʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my understanding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-man-de-I
- 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 next clause, umanddaʿi ʿalay yetuv {וּמַנְדַּעִי עֲלַי יְתוּב | û-man-dā-ʿî ʿă-lay yə-ṯûḇ}, has the noun mandāʿi ‘my understanding’ as the subject, with yetuv ‘returned’ in third person masculine singular agreeing with it, and ʿalay ‘upon me’ marking the beneficiary; thus “my understanding returned to me.”
Root and etymology
י־ד־עyod–dalet–ayin
“to know”
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 4:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 4:34, so the Hebrew word וּמַנְדְּעִי֙ (umandei) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.34.W8.S1) and character.