Daniel 7:13:5Dan.7.13.W5TAB

וַאֲרוּ֙

vaaru

and behold

Transliteration
va-a-RU
Extended
vah-ah-ROO
IPA
/waʔăˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
and behold

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Result
וַ + אֲ + רוּ֙
va + a + ru
vaaru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-RU

  2. clause

    kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-khez-VE LEIL-ye-a va-a-RU im-a-na-NE she-mai-YA ke-VAR e-NASH a-TE ha-VA

  3. sentence

    kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-khez-VE LEIL-ye-a va-a-RU im-a-na-NE she-mai-YA ke-VAR e-NASH a-TE ha-VA ve-ad-a-TIK yo-mai-YA me-TA u-ke-da-MO-hi hak-re-VU-hi

Exegesis

The interjection va’aru {וַאֲרוּ | wa-ʾă-rū} ‘and look’ shifts attention to a new sight.

In contextDaniel 7:13

I was seeing in the night visions, and look, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man was coming; then He came to the Ancient of Days and was brought near before Him.

About this coordinate

Daniel 7:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 7:13, so the Hebrew word וַאֲרוּ֙ (vaaru) 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.7.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.13.W5.S1) and character.