Daniel 7:12:6Dan.7.12.W6TAB
בְחַיִּ֛ין
bekhayin
“in life”
- Transliteration
- be-kha-YIN
- Extended
- beh-kha-YEEN
- IPA
- /bəħajˈjiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-kha-YIN
- 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 prepositional phrase bəḥayyīn {בְחַיִּין | bə-ḥayyîn} ‘in lives’ marks the domain of the extension, and the haphel perfect yəhîḇat {יְהִיבַת | yəhîḇat} ‘was given’ takes lə-hōn {לְהוֹן | lə-hōn} ‘to them’ as its indirect object.
Root and etymology
ח־י־י
“life, living”
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 7:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 7:12, so the Hebrew word בְחַיִּ֛ין (bekhayin) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.12.W6.S1) and character.