Daniel 7:11:17Dan.7.11.W17TAB
גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ
gishma
“its body”
- Transliteration
- gish-ma
- Extended
- gihsh-mah
- IPA
- /ɡiʃˈmah/
Meaning by language
- English
- its body
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gish-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hu-VAD gish-ma
- clause
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
- 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 successive verbs vehuvad gishmah viyehivat li-yeedat eshsha {וְהוּבַד גִּשְׁמַהּ וִיהִיבַת לִיקֵדַת אֶשָּׁא | wə-hū-vad giš-mah wî-hî-vat li-qê-daṯ eš-šā} describe the beast’s body being destroyed and delivered for burning; Hophal forms convey passive divine action triggering judgment.
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 7:11:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Daniel 7:11, so the Hebrew word גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ (gishma) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.11.W17.S1) and character.