Daniel 5:6:12Dan.5.6.W12TAB
לְדָ֖א
leda
“to this”
- Transliteration
- le-DA
- Extended
- leh-DAA
- IPA
- /ləˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-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 5:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 5:6, so the Hebrew word לְדָ֖א (leda) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.6.W12.S1) and character.