Daniel 6:15:16Dan.6.15.W16TAB
שִׁמְשָׁ֔א
shimsha
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- shim-sha
- Extended
- shihm-shaa
- IPA
- /ʃim.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-sha
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-LE shim-sha
- clause
ve-AD me-a-LE shim-sha ha-VA mish-ta-dar le-ha-tsa-lu-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
Root and etymology
“sun”
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 6:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 6:15, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשָׁ֔א (shimsha) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.15.W16.S1) and character.