Daniel 5:30:4Dan.5.30.W4TAB
בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר
belashatsar
“Belshazzar”
- Transliteration
- be-la-sha-TSAR
- Extended
- beh-lah-shah-TSAR
- IPA
- /beːl.ʃatˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- Belshazzar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-la-sha-TSAR
- sentence
BEH be-LEEL-ya ke-TIL be-la-sha-TSAR mal-KA kha-sa-DI-a kha-sa-da-A
Exegesis
The proper noun bel-ash-tsar {בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר | bēl-ʾaš-ṣar} is followed by the appositional mal-ka {מַלְכָּ֥א | mal-kā}, clarifying royal status.
In context — Daniel 5:30
In that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed.
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 5:30, so the Hebrew word בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר (belashatsar) 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.5.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.30.W4.S1) and character.