Daniel 6:15:1Dan.6.15.W1TAB
אֱדַ֨יִן
edayin
“then”
- Transliteration
- e-DA-yin
- Extended
- eh-DAH-yihn
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ˈda.jin/
Meaning by language
- English
- then
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-DA-yin
- phraseyour reading level
e-DA-yin mal-KA
- clause
e-DA-yin mal-KA ke-DI mil-le-TA she-MA sa-GI-a be-ESH a-lo-HI ve-AL da-ni-EL SAM BAL le-she-i-za-vu-TE
- sentence
e-DA-yin mal-KA ke-DI mil-le-TA she-MA sa-GI-a be-ESH a-lo-HI ve-AL da-ni-EL SAM BAL le-she-i-za-vu-TE ve-AD me-a-LE shim-sha ha-VA mish-ta-dar le-ha-tsa-lu-TE
Exegesis
The adverb edayin {אֱדַ֨יִן | ʾě-da-yin} ‘then’ marks the narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
ע־ד־י
“then”
In context — Daniel 6:15
Then these men approached the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no interdict or statute that the king establishes may not be changed.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 6:15, so the Hebrew word אֱדַ֨יִן (edayin) 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.6.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.15.W1.S1) and character.