Daniel 5:6:10Dan.5.6.W10TAB
וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ
vearkhoobate
“and his knees”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-khoo-ba-TE
- Extended
- veh-ar-KHOO-ba-TEH
- IPA
- /wəʔar.xub.baːˈteːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his knees
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ar-khoo-ba-TE
- clause
ve-kit-RE khar-TSE mish-ta-RA-yin ve-ar-khoo-ba-TE DA le-DA nak-SHAN
- sentence
e-DA-yin mal-KA zee-VO-hi she-NO-hi ve-ra-yo-NO-hi ye-va-ha-LOON-neh ve-kit-RE khar-TSE mish-ta-RA-yin ve-ar-khoo-ba-TE DA le-DA nak-SHAN
Exegesis
Finally, the phrase sbl-simple {וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ דָּ֥א לְדָ֖א נָֽקְשָֽׁן | wə-ʾar-ku-ba-teh dā lə-dā nāq-šān} ‘his knees knocked one against another’ uses parallelism to convey physical shock
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–r–k–b
“bend knee”
In context — Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s appearance changed, and his thoughts alarmed him ; the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees knocked one against the other
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 5:6, so the Hebrew word וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ (vearkhoobate) 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.5.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.6.W10.S1) and character.