Daniel 7:11:20Dan.7.11.W20TAB
אֶשָּֽׁא׃
esha
“of fire”
- Transliteration
- e-SHA
- Extended
- eh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
li-ke-DAT e-SHA
- 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.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־אa–sh–a
“fire”
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 7:11:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Daniel 7:11, so the Hebrew word אֶשָּֽׁא׃ (esha) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.11.W20.S1) and character.