Daniel 5:1:6Dan.5.1.W6TAB
לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי
leravrevanohi
“for his lords”
- Transliteration
- le-rav-re-va-NO-hi
- Extended
- leh-rahv-reh-vah-NOH-hee
- IPA
- /lə.rav.rə.vaˈnoː.hiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his lords
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-rav-re-va-NO-hi
- 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
A benefactive phrase leravrebanoi {לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי | lə-rab-rə-ḇā-nō-hî} ‘for his nobles’ is quantified by the numeral alaf {אֲלַף | ʾălāp̄} ‘a thousand.’
Root and etymology
r-b-bresh–bet–bet
“many”
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 5:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 5:1, so the Hebrew word לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי (leravrevanohi) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.1.W6.S1) and character.