Daniel 5:15:4Dan.5.15.W4TAB
חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙
khakimaiya
“the wise men”
- Transliteration
- kha-ki-mai-YA
- Extended
- khah-kee-mai-YAA
- IPA
- /ħa.kːiː.majˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wise men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ki-mai-YA
- clause
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
- 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 juxtaposed nouns ḥakkîmayyā {חַכִּימַיָּא | cha-kki-ma-ya} and ʾāšpayyā {אָשְׁפַיָּא | ash-pei-ya} enumerate two specialist groups.
Root and etymology
Rootkh-k-m
“to be wise, skilled”
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 5:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 5:15, so the Hebrew word חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙ (khakimaiya) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.15.W4.S1) and character.