Daniel 7:11:1Dan.7.11.W1TAB
חָזֵ֣ה
khaze
“I was looking”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZE
- Extended
- khaa-ZEE
- IPA
- /ħaːˈzeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was looking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| 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
kha-ZE
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ZE ha-VEIT
- clause
kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-a-da-YIN min-KAL mil-la-YA rav-re-va-TA DI kar-NA me-mal-le-LA
- sentence
kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-a-da-YIN min-KAL mil-la-YA rav-re-va-TA DI kar-NA me-mal-le-LA kha-ZE ha-VEIT AD DI ke-ti-LAT khe-yiv-TA ve-hu-VAD gish-ma vi-hi-VAT li-ke-DAT e-SHA
Exegesis
The participle chazeh {חָזֵ֣ה | ḥā-zê} ‘watch’ pairs with the imperfect havait {הֲוֵ֔ית | ha-wêṯ} ‘be’ to frame an ongoing vision, with the temporal adverb be-adin {בֵּאדַ֗יִן | bê-ʾă-ḏîn} ‘then’ sequencing events.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־הh–z–h
“to see”
In context — Daniel 7:11
I was watching then because of the voice of the great words that the horn was speaking, and I continued watching until the beast was slain, its body destroyed, and given to the burning fire.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 7:11, so the Hebrew word חָזֵ֣ה (khaze) 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.7.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.11.W1.S1) and character.