Daniel 7:1:2Dan.7.1.W2TAB
חֲדָ֗ה
khada
“one or first”
- Transliteration
- kha-DA
- Extended
- khah-DAA
- IPA
- /ħăˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one or first
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-DA
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT kha-DA
- 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 verse begins with the temporal phrase b-shnata hadha lə-belashatzar melekh babel {בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל | biš-šaṯ ḥă-dāʾ lə-bê-lā-šā-ṣar me-lekh bâ-bel} ‘in the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon’, setting a precise chronological and royal context.
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 7:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 7:1, so the Hebrew word חֲדָ֗ה (khada) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.1.W2.S1) and character.