Daniel 6:15:8Dan.6.15.W8TAB
עֲל֔וֹהִי
alohi
“concerning him”
- Transliteration
- a-lo-HI
- Extended
- ah-loh-HEE
- IPA
- /ʕă.lo.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-lo-HI
- phraseyour reading level
be-ESH a-lo-HI
- 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 subject guvrayya innun {גֻּבְרַיָּא אִנּוּן | guv-ra-yā in-nūn} ‘these men’ with Peal perfect illa’u {עִלָּ֣וּ | ʿil-lā-û} ‘approached’ and indirect object daniel lemalka {דִּנֵּ֗ל לְמַלְכָּ֖א | dān-ye-ʾēl lə-mal-kā} reflects formal court address.
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 6:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 6:15, so the Hebrew word עֲל֔וֹהִי (alohi) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.15.W8.S1) and character.