Daniel 6:3:8Dan.6.3.W8TAB
דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן
dilehevon
“that they would be”
- Transliteration
- di-le-he-VON
- Extended
- dee-leh-heh-VOHN
- IPA
- /diː.lɛhɛˈwoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- that they would be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
di-le-he-VON
- clause
di-le-he-VON a-khash-dar-pe-na-IA il-EN ya-ha-VIN le-HON ta-e-MA u-mal-KA la-le-he-VE na-ZIK
- sentence
ve-el-LA min-ne-HON sar-KHIN te-la-TA DI da-ni-EL khad-min-ne-HON di-le-he-VON a-khash-dar-pe-na-IA il-EN ya-ha-VIN le-HON ta-e-MA u-mal-KA la-le-he-VE na-ZIK
Exegesis
The relative particle di links daniel khad-minnehon {דִּ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל חַֽד־מִּנְּה֑וֹן | dî dā-nî-yel khaḏ-min-nə-hōn} ‘who was one of them’ with di-lehevon akhashdarpennayya ilein {דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּּנַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ין | dî-le-he-vōn ʾa-ḥaš-dar-pə-nay-yāʾ ʾil-lēn} ‘who were over them, these satraps’, specifying Daniel’s role among the provincial governors. The Hiphil imperfect yahavin …
In context — Daniel 6:3
The king appointed three officials over them , one of whom was Daniel, and these satraps provided them rations . And the king found no fault in him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 6:3, so the Hebrew word דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן (dilehevon) 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.6.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.3.W8.S1) and character.