Daniel 5:4:2Dan.5.4.W2TAB
חַמְרָ֑א
khamraa
“wine”
- Transliteration
- kham-RAA
- Extended
- khahm-RAA
- IPA
- /ħamˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
kham-RAA
- clause
ish-TEEV kham-RAA
- sentence
ish-TEEV kham-RAA ve-shab-ba-KHOO leh-e-la-HEE da-ha-BAA ve-khas-PAA neh-kha-SHAA far-ze-LAA aa-AA ve-av-NAA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb ishtiyu {אִשְׁתִּ֖יו | ʾiš-tî-w} ‘they drank’, immediately followed by the noun khamra {חַמְרָ֑א | ḥam-rāʾ} ‘wine’, setting a festive scene.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-rchet–mem–resh
“wine, fermented drink”
In context — Daniel 5:4
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 5:4, so the Hebrew word חַמְרָ֑א (khamraa) 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.5.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.4.W2.S1) and character.