Daniel 7:19:10Dan.7.19.W10TAB
דְּחִילָ֣ה
dekhila
“terrifying”
- Transliteration
- de-khi-LA
- Extended
- deh-khih-LAA
- IPA
- /də.ħiːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- terrifying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-khi-LA
- phraseyour reading level
de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA
- clause
de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA sha-ni-YA shin-NAH DI far-ZEL ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH akh-LA mad-da-KA u-she-A-ra be-rag-la-YA raf-SA
- sentence
e-DA-yin tse-VIT le-yats-tsa-VA al-KHE-vta re-vi-AI-ta di-ha-VAT shan-YA min-ku-lo-HON kal-le-HEN de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA sha-ni-YA shin-NAH DI far-ZEL ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH akh-LA mad-da-KA u-she-A-ra be-rag-la-YA raf-SA
Exegesis
The adjectives dechila yattira {דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּירָה | də-ḥīlāh yattīrāh} ‘terrifying, exceedingly’ heighten its menace.
Root and etymology
Rootd-ch-l
“fear, terror”
In context — Daniel 7:19
Then I desired to know about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly terrifying , whose teeth were of iron and whose claws were of bronze ; it devoured, crushed, and trampled the rest with its feet.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 7:19, so the Hebrew word דְּחִילָ֣ה (dekhila) 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.7.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.19.W10.S1) and character.