Daniel 5:21:20Dan.5.21.W20TAB

אֱלָהָ֤א

elaha

God

Transliteration
e-la-HA
Extended
eh-laa-HAA
IPA
/ʔɛ.laːˈhaː/

Meaning by language

English
God

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Result
אֱ + לָ + הָ֤א
e + la + ha
elaha

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-la-HA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-la-HA el-YA ihl-la-A

  3. clause

    AD dee-ye-DA dee-sha-LIT e-la-HA el-YA ihl-la-A be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA oo-le-man-DI yits-BEH ye-ha-KIM a-le-HA a-LAH

  4. sentence

    oo-min-be-NEE a-na-SHA te-RID veh-liv-BEH im-KHEV-ta be-CAME LIKE veh-im-a-ra-da-YA meh-do-REH is-BA khe-to-RIN ye-ta-a-MOO-ne-HEH oo-mit-TAL she-ma-YA gish-MEH yits-tab-BA AD dee-ye-DA dee-sha-LIT e-la-HA el-YA ihl-la-A be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA oo-le-man-DI yits-BEH ye-ha-KIM a-le-HA a-LAH

Exegesis

The noun phrase ʾĕlaha illaʿa {אֱלָהָ֤א עִלָּאָה֙ | ʾĕ-lā-hāʾ ʿil-lā-ʾā} ‘Most High God’ governs the clause bə-mal-kût anasha {בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א | bə-mal-kût ʾă-nā-šāʾ} ‘in the kingdom of men’, and the Haphil imperfect yə-ha-ḳêm {יְהָקֵ֥ים | yə-hā-qêm} ‘he appoints’ plus the relative pronoun marks divine prerogative.

Root and etymology

RootAleph Lamed Heh

god, deity

In contextDaniel 5:21

And he was driven away from the sons of men, and his mind was made like that of the beasts , and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling. They would feed him grass like oxen, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of men and appoints over it whomever He wills.

About this coordinate

Daniel 5:21:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Daniel 5:21, so the Hebrew word אֱלָהָ֤א (elaha) 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.5.21.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.21.W20.S1) and character.