Daniel 5:15:12Dan.5.15.W12TAB
פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֖א
pesharmilte
“the interpretation of the matter”
- Transliteration
- pe-shar-mil-TE
- Extended
- peh-shar-mihl-TEH
- IPA
- /pəʃar.milˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the interpretation of the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-shar-mil-TE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-kha-ha-LIN pe-shar-mil-TE
- clause
ve-la-kha-ha-LIN pe-shar-mil-TE le-ha-kha-va-YA
- sentence
u-khe-AN hu-al-LU ka-da-MAI kha-ki-mai-YA ash-fei-YA di-khe-ta-VA de-NA yik-RON u-fish-REH le-ho-da-u-ta-NI ve-la-kha-ha-LIN pe-shar-mil-TE le-ha-kha-va-YA
Exegesis
The adversative wə-lā {וְלָֽא־ | ve-la} contrasts their inability (kahălîn {כָהֲלִ֥ין | ka-ha-lin} ‘they are able’) with the construct pəšar-millətā {פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָא | p'shar-mill-ta} plus lə-haḥăvāyāh {לְהַחֲוָיָֽה | le-ha-cha-va-ya} specifying the task left undone.
Root and etymology
p-š-r
“to interpret, explain”
In context — Daniel 5:15
And now the wise men and the enchanters have been brought in before me, so that they might read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they have not been able to show the interpretation of the matter.
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 5:15, so the Hebrew word פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֖א (pesharmilte) 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.5.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.15.W12.S1) and character.