Daniel 4:8:11Dan.4.8.W11TABWLC Daniel 4:5
רוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין
ruakhelahin
“spirit of the gods”
- Transliteration
- ru-akh-e-la-HIN
- Extended
- roo-akh-eh-laa-HIN
- IPA
- /ruː.ʕaħ.ʔɛlaːˈhiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit of the gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ru-akh-e-la-HIN
- phraseyour reading level
ru-akh-e-la-HIN ka-DI-shin
- sentence
ve-AD a-kho-REN AL ka-da-MAI da-ni-E-el di-she-MEH bel-te-shats-TSAR ke-SHUM e-la-HI ve-DI ru-akh-e-la-HIN ka-DI-shin BEH ve-khel-MA ka-da-MO-hi am-RET
Exegesis
A second relative clause begins with wədî {וְדִי | wə-dî}, functioning here as “and in whom,” and predicates of Daniel that there is ruaḥ-ʾĕlāhīn qaddišîn {רוּחַ־אֱלָהִין קַדִּישִׁין | rû-aḥ-ʾĕ-lā-hîn qad-dî-šîn} “a spirit of the holy gods,” with qaddišîn modifying ʾĕlāhīn.
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥresh–vav–chet
“breath, wind, spirit”
In context — Daniel 4:8
But at last Daniel came before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god , and in whom was the spirit of the holy gods ; and before him I told the dream.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 4:8, so the Hebrew word רוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין (ruakhelahin) 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.4.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.8.W11.S1) and character.