Daniel 4:8:6Dan.4.8.W6TABWLC Daniel 4:5
דִּי־שְׁמֵ֤הּ
dishemeh
“whose name is”
- Transliteration
- di-she-MEH
- Extended
- dih-sheh-MEH
- IPA
- /diˈʃəmeːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- whose name is
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-she-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
di-she-MEH bel-te-shats-TSAR
- 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 relative expression dî-šəmēh {דִּי־שְׁמֵהּ | dî-šə-mēh} “whose name” introduces an explanatory clause, followed by the appositive bēlṭəšaʾṣṣar {בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר | bēl-ṭə-ša-ʾaṣ-ṣar} “Belteshazzar.”
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 4:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 4:8, so the Hebrew word דִּי־שְׁמֵ֤הּ (dishemeh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.8.W6.S1) and character.