Daniel 7:1:13Dan.7.1.W13TAB
חֶלְמָ֣א
khelma
“the dream”
- Transliteration
- khel-MA
- Extended
- khel-MAA
- IPA
- /ħɛlˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dream
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khel-MA
- phraseyour reading level
khel-MA khe-TAV
- clause
be-a-DA-yin khel-MA khe-TAV RESH mil-LIN a-MAR
- 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
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 7:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 7:1, so the Hebrew word חֶלְמָ֣א (khelma) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.1.W13.S1) and character.