Daniel 7:1:9Dan.7.1.W9TAB
וְחֶזְוֵ֥י
vekhezvei
“and visions of”
- Transliteration
- ve-khez-VEI
- Extended
- veh-khez-VEE
- IPA
- /vəħɛzˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and visions of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khez-VEI
- 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 7:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 7:1, so the Hebrew word וְחֶזְוֵ֥י (vekhezvei) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.1.W9.S1) and character.