Daniel 5:4:3Dan.5.4.W3TAB
וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ
veshabbakhoo
“and praised”
- Transliteration
- ve-shab-ba-KHOO
- Extended
- veh-shahb-bah-KHOO
- IPA
- /wəʃab.baˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and praised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shab-ba-KHOO
- clause
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
- 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 conjunction ve {וְ֠| wə} ‘and’ connects drinking to worship introduced by shabbeḥu {שַׁבַּחוּ | šab-ba-ḥû} ‘they praised’, governed by the prepositional phrase le-elāhei {לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י | lē-ʾă-lā-hê} ‘to the gods of’.
Root and etymology
š-b-ḥshin–bet–het
“to praise, glorify”
In context — Daniel 5:4
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 5:4, so the Hebrew word וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ (veshabbakhoo) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.4.W3.S1) and character.