Daniel 5:2:15Dan.5.2.W15TAB
בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם
birushlem
“in Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- bi-ru-shleM
- Extended
- bih-roo-SHEHLM
- IPA
- /biː.ruːʃˈlɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bi-ru-shleM
- phraseyour reading level
DI bi-ru-shleM
- clause
bel-sha-TSAR a-MAR bit-EM kham-RA le-hai-ta-YA le-ma-NE da-ha-VA ve-khas-PA DI han-PEK ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR a-vu-HI min-HE-KHLA DI bi-ru-shleM
- sentence
bel-sha-TSAR a-MAR bit-EM kham-RA le-hai-ta-YA le-ma-NE da-ha-VA ve-khas-PA DI han-PEK ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR a-vu-HI min-HE-KHLA DI bi-ru-shleM ve-yish-TON be-HON mal-KA ve-rav-re-va-NO-hi sheg-la-TE u-le-khe-na-TE
Exegesis
The double relative clauses dî hanpaq nebūḵadneṣṣar ʾăvūhî min heykhlāʾ dî birūš-lāʾm {דִּי הַנְפֵּק נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אֲבוּהִי מִן־הֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֶם | dî han-pēq ne-bū-ḵad-ne-ṣṣar ʾa-vū-hî min hēy-khə-lāʾ dî bī-rūš-lāʾm} specify provenance: Nebuchadnezzar removed them from Jerusalem’s temple.
In context — Daniel 5:2
Belshazzar said, at the tasting of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought out from the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 5:2, so the Hebrew word בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם (birushlem) 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.5.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.2.W15.S1) and character.