Daniel 5:1:8Dan.5.1.W8TAB
וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל
velakovel
“and in front of”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-ko-VEL
- Extended
- veh-lah-koh-VEHL
- IPA
- /wə.laː.qɔ̆ˈbeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in front of
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-ko-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-ko-VEL al-PA
- clause
ve-la-ko-VEL al-PA kham-RA sha-TE
- 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 conjunction w- in velaqovel {וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל | wə-lā-qŏ-ḇēl} ‘and before’ introduces the locative phrase alpa {אַלְפָּא | alpā} ‘the thousand,’ framing the public setting.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–bet–lamed
“to receive”
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 5:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 5:1, so the Hebrew word וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל (velakovel) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.1.W8.S1) and character.