Daniel 5:8:7Dan.5.8.W7TAB

כְּתָבָא֙

khetava

the writing

Transliteration
khe-ta-VA
Extended
keh-tah-VAA
IPA
/xə.taːˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
the writing

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Result
כְּ + תָ + בָא֙
khe + ta + va
khetava

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    khe-ta-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN khe-ta-VA

  3. clause

    veh-LAA-kha-ha-LEEN khe-ta-VA leh-mik-RE oo-fihsh-RE leh-ho-da-AA leh-mal-KA

  4. 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.’

Root and etymology

Rootk-t-b

to write

In contextDaniel 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 5:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 5:8, so the Hebrew word כְּתָבָא֙ (khetava) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.8.W7.S1) and character.