Daniel 5:2:16Dan.5.2.W16TAB
וְיִשְׁתּ֣וֹן
veyishton
“and that they might drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-yish-TON
- Extended
- veh-yihsh-TOHN
- IPA
- /wəjiʃˈtoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and that they might drink
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yish-TON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yish-TON be-HON
- clause
ve-yish-TON be-HON mal-KA ve-rav-re-va-NO-hi sheg-la-TE u-le-khe-na-TE
- 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 cohortative Peal imperfect wə-yištōn bəhôn {וְיִשְׁתּוֹן בְּהוֹן | wə-yištōn bə-hôn} indicates the intended drinking by the king, nobles, wives, and concubines. English rendering reorders for clarity while preserving the Aramaic clause functions and royal ceremonial emphasis.
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 5:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 5:2, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁתּ֣וֹן (veyishton) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.2.W16.S1) and character.