Daniel 5:6:7Dan.5.6.W7TAB
וְקִטְרֵ֤י
vekitre
“and the joints”
- Transliteration
- ve-kit-RE
- Extended
- veh-kit-REE
- IPA
- /wəqitˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the joints
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kit-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kit-RE khar-TSE
- 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
The clause sbl-simple {וְקִטְרֵ֤י חַרְצֵהּ֙ מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן | wə-kit-rê ḥar-tsêh miš-ta-ra-yin} ‘the joints of his loins were loosened’ uses a Hitpaʿel form, indicating involuntary collapse.
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 5:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 5:6, so the Hebrew word וְקִטְרֵ֤י (vekitre) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.6.W7.S1) and character.