Daniel 7:12:5Dan.7.12.W5TAB
וְאַרְכָ֧ה
vearkha
“but a lengthening”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-KHA
- Extended
- veh-ahr-KHAA
- IPA
- /wəʔarˈxɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but a lengthening
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ar-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-KHA be-kha-YIN
- clause
ve-ar-KHA be-kha-YIN ye-hi-VAT le-HON ad-ze-MAN ve-i-DAN
- sentence
u-she-AR khe-yo-TA he-e-DI-yu shal-ta-NE-hon ve-ar-KHA be-kha-YIN ye-hi-VAT le-HON ad-ze-MAN ve-i-DAN
Exegesis
The conjunction wəʾarkhā {וְאַרְכָה | wə-ʾarkhā} ‘and duration’ introduces a parallel clause.
In context — Daniel 7:12
But as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, yet a length in their lives was given to them until a time and a period.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 7:12, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְכָ֧ה (vearkha) 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.7.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.12.W5.S1) and character.