Daniel 5:1:3Dan.5.1.W3TAB
עֲבַד֙
avad
“made”
- Transliteration
- a-VAD
- Extended
- ah-VAD
- IPA
- /ʕăˈvad/
Meaning by language
- English
- made
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAD
- clause
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF
- sentence
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF ve-la-ko-VEL al-PA kham-RA sha-TE
Exegesis
The perfect verb avad {עֲבַד | ʿăḇaḏ} ‘he made’ governs the direct object lechem rav {לְחֶם רַב | leḥem rav} ‘a great feast.’
In context — Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 5:1, so the Hebrew word עֲבַד֙ (avad) 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.5.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.1.W3.S1) and character.