Daniel 4:8:14Dan.4.8.W14TABWLC Daniel 4:5
וְחֶלְמָ֖א
vekhelma
“and the dream”
- Transliteration
- ve-khel-MA
- Extended
- veh-khehl-MA
- IPA
- /vəħɛlˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the dream
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khel-MA
- phraseyour reading level
BEH ve-khel-MA
- 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
The final clause foregrounds the object with wəḥelmā {וְחֶלְמָא | wə-ḥel-mā} “and the dream,” followed by the prepositional phrase qodāmōhî {קֳדָמוֹהִי | qo-ḏā-mō-hî} “before him,” and concludes with the verb ʾămart {אֲמַרְתּ | ʾă-mart} “I said / I told.” This object–prepositional phrase–verb order places rhetorical emphasis on the dream itself and on Daniel as its hearer, while English normalizes the sequence to “I told the dream before him” to maintain clarity yet still let “the dream” stand close to the verb of speaking.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-mchet–lamed–mem
“to dream”
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 4:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 4:8, so the Hebrew word וְחֶלְמָ֖א (vekhelma) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.8.W14.S1) and character.