Daniel 6:15:17Dan.6.15.W17TAB
הֲוָ֥א
hava
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-VA
- Extended
- hah-VAA
- IPA
- /hă.ˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-VA mish-ta-dar
- 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
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 6:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Daniel 6:15, so the Hebrew word הֲוָ֥א (hava) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.15.W17.S1) and character.