Daniel 5:8:6Dan.5.8.W6TAB
וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֤ין
vehlaakhahaleen
“and could not”
- Transliteration
- veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN
- Extended
- veh-LAA-khah-hah-LEEN
- IPA
- /wəlaː.xa.haˈliːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and could not
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN
- phraseyour reading level
veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN khe-ta-VA
- clause
veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN khe-ta-VA leh-mik-RE oo-fihsh-RE leh-ho-da-AA leh-mal-KA
- sentence
e-da-YIN a-la-LEEN KOL kha-khi-MEE mal-KA veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN khe-ta-VA leh-mik-RE oo-fihsh-RE leh-ho-da-AA leh-mal-KA
Exegesis
The negative form vela kahalin {וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִין | wə-lā kā-ha-lîn} ‘and they were not able’ introduces the failed action, with the objects ketava lemikre {כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א | kə-ṯā-ḇāʾ lə-mi-qə-rē} ‘to read the writing’ and upishreh lehodaa lemalka {וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּא | û-piš-rêh lə-hō-ḏā-ʿā(h) lə-mal-kāʾ} ‘and to make known its interpretation to the king.’ The verse employs parallel infinitive constructions for the dual failures of reading and interpretation. The English rendering maintains a subject–verb–object order and coordinates the two failures with ‘or.’
In context — Daniel 5:8
Then all the king’s wise men entered, but they were not able to read the writing or to make known its interpretation to the king .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 5:8, so the Hebrew word וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֤ין (vehlaakhahaleen) 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.5.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.8.W6.S1) and character.