Daniel 7:1:10Dan.7.1.W10TAB
רֵאשֵׁ֖הּ
reshe
“his head”
- Transliteration
- re-SHE
- Extended
- reh-SHEE
- IPA
- /reːˈʃeːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khez-VEI re-SHE
- clause
bish-NAT kha-DA le-vel-ash-TSAR ME-lekh ba-VEL da-ni-EL KHE-lem kha-ZA ve-khez-VEI re-SHE al-mish-ke-VE
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-DA le-vel-ash-TSAR ME-lekh ba-VEL da-ni-EL KHE-lem kha-ZA ve-khez-VEI re-SHE al-mish-ke-VE be-a-DA-yin khel-MA khe-TAV RESH mil-LIN a-MAR
Exegesis
The coordinated clause ve-ḥezvei resheh ʿal-mishkiveh {וְחֶזְוֵי רֵאשֵׁהּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבֵהּ | wə-ḥez-vê reʾ-šēh ʿal mish-kê-vêh} employs the conjunction vav with the construct plural ḥezvei and the pronominal suffix on resheh to mark internal visionary experiences ‘visions of his head upon his bed’.
In context — Daniel 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay on his bed; then he wrote down the dream and told the summary of the matters.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 7:1, so the Hebrew word רֵאשֵׁ֖הּ (reshe) 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.7.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.1.W10.S1) and character.