Daniel 4:7:14Dan.4.7.W14TABWLC Daniel 4:4
לָא־מְהוֹדְעִ֥ין
lamehodein
“did not make known”
- Transliteration
- la-me-ho-de-IN
- Extended
- lah-meh-hoh-deh-EEN
- IPA
- /laː.məhoː.ðəˈʕiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not make known
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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 | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-me-ho-de-IN
- phraseyour reading level
la-me-ho-de-IN LI
- 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 final predicate la-mehodin {לָא־מְהוֹדְעִין | lā-məhôdʿîn} “not making known” is a Haphʿel (causative) participle masculine plural. It portrays the experts in an ongoing state of failure: they are those “who are not making known” the solution. The negative particle lā fronts the verbal idea and heightens the emphasis on their inadequacy.
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 4:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 4:7, so the Hebrew word לָא־מְהוֹדְעִ֥ין (lamehodein) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.7.W14.S1) and character.