Daniel 4:7:1Dan.4.7.W1TABWLC Daniel 4:4
בְּאָֽדַ֣יִן
beadayin
“then”
- Transliteration
- be-A-da-YIN
- Extended
- beh-AH-dah-YIHN
- IPA
- /bəʔaː.daˈjin/
Meaning by language
- English
- then
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-A-da-YIN
- phraseyour reading level
be-A-da-YIN aa-lah-LIN aa-lah-LIN
- clause
be-A-da-YIN aa-lah-LIN aa-lah-LIN khar-tu-ma-YAA osh-fa-YAA khas-DA kas-da-EI veh-gaz-ra-YAA
- sentence
be-A-da-YIN aa-lah-LIN aa-lah-LIN khar-tu-ma-YAA osh-fa-YAA khas-DA kas-da-EI veh-gaz-ra-YAA veh-khel-MA a-MAR a-NA ko-da-MEI-hon u-fish-REH la-me-ho-de-IN LI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Aramaic temporal adverb beʾdayin {בֵּאדַיִן | bēʾdayin} “then,” a standard discourse marker in Daniel that signals a new step in the narrative sequence, showing what follows the king’s troubling dream.
Root and etymology
דיןDalet-Yod-Nun
“judge, decide”
In context — Daniel 4:7
Then my magicians , my enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I declared the dream before them, but they were not making its interpretation known to me.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 4:7, so the Hebrew word בְּאָֽדַ֣יִן (beadayin) 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.4.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.7.W1.S1) and character.