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

Result
דְּ + חִי + לָ֣ה
de + khi + la
dekhila

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    de-khi-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextDaniel 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.