Daniel 5:7:3Dan.5.7.W3TAB
בְּחַ֔יִל
bekhayil
“loudly”
- Transliteration
- be-KHA-yil
- Extended
- beh-KHA-yihl
- IPA
- /bəˈħa.jil/
Meaning by language
- English
- loudly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-KHA-yil
- clause
ka-RE mal-KA be-KHA-yil le-he-a-LA le-ASH-pa-YA khash-di-YA kas-da-EE ve-GAZ-ra-YA
- sentence
ka-RE mal-KA be-KHA-yil le-he-a-LA le-ASH-pa-YA khash-di-YA kas-da-EE ve-GAZ-ra-YA a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-kha-khi-ME ba-VEL DI khol-e-NASH di-yik-RE ke-ta-VA de-NA u-fish-REH ye-kha-vin-na-NI ar-ge-va-NA yil-BASH ve-ha-mo-NKHA ve-ham-ni-KHA di-da-ha-VA al-tsav-va-REH ve-tal-TI be-mal-khu-TA yish-LAT
Exegesis
Malka {מַלְכָּא | mal-kāʾ} serves as the subject with bechayil {בְּחַיִל | bə-ḥa-yil} ‘with might’ intensifying the summons.
In context — Daniel 5:7
The king cried out powerfully to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Then the king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold upon his neck, and shall rule as third in the kingdom.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 5:7, so the Hebrew word בְּחַ֔יִל (bekhayil) 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.5.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.7.W3.S1) and character.