Daniel 5:2:3Dan.5.2.W3TAB
בִּטְעֵ֣ם
bitem
“when tasting”
- Transliteration
- bit-EM
- Extended
- bit-EHM
- IPA
- /bitˈʕeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when tasting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bit-EM
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAR bit-EM kham-RA
- 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 construct bitʿēm ḥamrāʾ {בִּטְעֵם חַמְרָא | biṭ-ʿēm ḥam-rāʾ} introduces a temporal circumstantial clause “at the tasting of the wine.”
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 5:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 5:2, so the Hebrew word בִּטְעֵ֣ם (bitem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.2.W3.S1) and character.