Daniel 5:7:8Dan.5.7.W8TAB
וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א
vegazraya
“and the astrologers”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAZ-ra-YA
- Extended
- veh-GAAZ-rah-YAA
- IPA
- /wəɣaːz.rajˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the astrologers
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GAZ-ra-YA
- 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
The Haphel infinitive leheʿala {לְהֶעָלָה | lə-he-ʿā-lā(h)} ‘to bring in’ governs the series leʾashpaya {לְאָשְׁפַיָּא | lə-ʾāš-pa-yāʾ}, kasdaʾei {כַּשְׂדָּאֵי | kaś-dā-ʾē}, and vegazraya {וְגָזְרַיָּא | wə-gāz-rā-yāʾ}.
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 5:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 5:7, so the Hebrew word וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א (vegazraya) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.7.W8.S1) and character.