Daniel 5:21:24Dan.5.21.W24TAB
אֲנָשָׁ֔א
anasha
“men”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHA
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔa.naːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-na-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA
- 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
- 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 verse begins with the prepositional phrase umin {וּמִן־ | û-min} bnei {בְּנֵי֩ | bə-nê} anasha {אֲנָשָׁ֨א | ʾă-nā-šāʾ} ‘from the sons of men’, marking expulsion from humanity.
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 Nun Shin
“man, human being”
In context — Daniel 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 5:21:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Daniel 5:21, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשָׁ֔א (anasha) 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.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.21.W24.S1) and character.