Daniel 6:4:9Dan.6.4.W9TAB
דִּ֣י
di
“this”
- Transliteration
- DI
- Extended
- DEE
- IPA
- /ˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
DI
- phraseyour reading level
DI RUKH ya-ti-RA
- clause
kal-ko-VEL DI RUKH ya-ti-RA BEH u-mal-KA a-SHIT la-ha-ka-mu-TEH al-kal-mal-khu-TA
- sentence
e-da-YIN da-ni-EL de-NA ha-VA mit-ne-TSACH al-SAR-khay-YA va-a-khash-dar-pe-nay-YA kal-ko-VEL DI RUKH ya-ti-RA BEH u-mal-KA a-SHIT la-ha-ka-mu-TEH al-kal-mal-khu-TA
Exegesis
The relative participle d-makhdiḥīn {דְּמַחְדִּיחִין | dă-maḥ-dī-ḥîn} ‘seeking grounds for complaint’ introduces a modifying clause, with the prepositional phrases le-daniyyel {לְדָנִיֵּאל | lə-dā-ni-yēl} ‘against Daniel’ and le-malkhūṯā {לְמַלְכוּתָא | lə-malkhū-ṯā} ‘with regard to the kingdom’ specifying the complaint’s target and scope.
Root and etymology
d-w-r
“lasting, enduring”
In context — Daniel 6:4
Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was trustworthy and no error or fault was found in him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 6:4, so the Hebrew word דִּ֣י (di) 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.6.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.4.W9.S1) and character.