Daniel 5:15:6Dan.5.15.W6TAB
דִּֽי־כְתָבָ֤ה
dikhetava
“that the writing”
- Transliteration
- di-khe-ta-VA
- Extended
- dih-kheh-tah-VAA
- IPA
- /diː.xəθaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that the writing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
di-khe-ta-VA
- phraseyour reading level
di-khe-ta-VA de-NA
- 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 relative particle dî {דִּי־ | di} introduces a purpose clause where the imperfect yiqron {יִקְר֔וֹן | yik-ron} ‘they may read’ and the Haphil infinitive lə-hôdaʿutāni {לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי | le-ho-da-u-ta-ni} ‘to make known to me’ form a result structure.
Root and etymology
k-t-v
“to write”
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 5:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 5:15, so the Hebrew word דִּֽי־כְתָבָ֤ה (dikhetava) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.15.W6.S1) and character.