Daniel 4:36:15Dan.4.36.W15TABWLC Daniel 4:33
וְעַל־מַלְכוּתִ֣י
vehahlmalkhootee
“and over my kingdom”
- Transliteration
- veh-ahl-mal-khoo-TEE
- Extended
- veh-ahl-mahl-khoo-TEE
- IPA
- /vəʕal.mal.xuːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and over my kingdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
veh-ahl-mal-khoo-TEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ahl-mal-khoo-TEE hoh-tek-NAT
- sentence
beh-HAH-zim-NAA mahn-DEH-ee ye-TOOV a-LAI veh-li-KAR mal-khoo-TEE had-RI veh-zi-VI ye-TOOV a-LAI veh-LI had-da-VRAI veh-rav-reh-va-NAI ye-va-ON veh-ahl-mal-khoo-TEE hoh-tek-NAT oo-reh-VOO ya-ti-RA ho-se-FAT LI
Exegesis
The final cola move from personal and social restoration to the stability and increase of rule: vəʿal-malkhuti hetqenat {וְעַל־מַלְכוּתִי הֶתְקְנַת | və-ʿal-mal-khū-tî heṯ-qə-nat} uses the Ithpeel of תקן {תְּקֵן | tə-qēn} “to establish” in a first person form, “I was established,” depicting Nebuchadnezzar as being firmly re-seated over his kingdom.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign, be king”
In context — Daniel 4:36
At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom my majesty and my splendor returned to me. Then my counselors and my nobles sought me out, and I was established in my kingdom, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:36:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 4:36, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־מַלְכוּתִ֣י (vehahlmalkhootee) 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.4.36.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.36.W15.S1) and character.