Daniel 7:1:15Dan.7.1.W15TAB
רֵ֥אשׁ
resh
“head or chief”
- Transliteration
- RESH
- Extended
- REESH
- IPA
- /ˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- head or chief
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RESH
- phraseyour reading level
RESH mil-LIN
- 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
Exegesis
The adverb bē-ʾădayin {בֵּאדַיִן | bē-ʾă-dā-yin} ‘then’ shifts the narrative from reception to documentation, introduced by the perfect verb ktav {כְתַב | ke-ṯab} ‘he wrote’ and the construct phrase rash milin {רֵאשׁ מִלִּין | reʾ-š mil-līn} ‘head of matters’ indicating a summary, followed by the perfect verb amar {אֲמַר | ʾa-mar} ‘he told’. The sequence of construct chains, pronominal suffixes, and perfect verbs structures a concise report of both visionary encounter and its formal recording.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
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 7:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 7:1, so the Hebrew word רֵ֥אשׁ (resh) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.1.W15.S1) and character.