Daniel 7:19:16Dan.7.19.W16TAB
וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ
vetifraya
“and its claws”
- Transliteration
- ve-tif-ra-YA
- Extended
- veh-tihf-rah-YAA
- IPA
- /wə.tif.raˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its claws
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-tif-ra-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH
- 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 constructs shinnah di-parzel and ve-tiprayah di-nechash {שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ | šinnah dî-parzel wə-ṭiprayyah dî-neḥāsh} ‘teeth of iron and claws of bronze’ employ relative particles to build vivid imagery.
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 7:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 7:19, so the Hebrew word וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ (vetifraya) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.19.W16.S1) and character.