Daniel 5:6:11Dan.5.6.W11TAB
דָּ֥א
da
“this”
- Transliteration
- DA
- Extended
- DAA
- IPA
- /daː/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DA
- phraseyour reading level
DA le-DA
- 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
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 5:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 5:6, so the Hebrew word דָּ֥א (da) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.6.W11.S1) and character.