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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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
khe-ta-VA
- 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.’
Root and etymology
Rootk-t-b
“to write”
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 5:8:7 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.