Daniel 4:7:11Dan.4.7.W11TABWLC Daniel 4:4
אֲנָה֙
ana
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NA
- Extended
- ah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-NA
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAR a-NA
- clause
veh-khel-MA a-MAR a-NA ko-da-MEI-hon u-fish-REH la-me-ho-de-IN LI
- 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 verb–pronoun combination amar ana {אָמַר אֲנָה | ʾămar ʾănā} “said I” is a characteristic Aramaic idiom in which the finite verb amar “said” is formally third person masculine singular but is immediately followed by the independent pronoun ana “I,” clarifying that the speaker is first person. In English this is best rendered simply as “I declared” or “I told.”
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 4:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 4:7, so the Hebrew word אֲנָה֙ (ana) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.7.W11.S1) and character.