Daniel 7:19:18Dan.7.19.W18TAB
אָֽכְלָ֣ה
akhla
“it devoured”
- Transliteration
- akh-LA
- Extended
- aakh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔaːxˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it devoured
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
akh-LA
- phraseyour reading level
akh-LA mad-da-KA
- 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
Finally, the sequential verbs akhla, maddaqah, and rafsa {אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה רָֽפְסָֽה | ʾāḵlāh maddaqāh rāpsāh} ‘devoured, crushed, trampled’ depict its destructive action.
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 7:19:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Daniel 7:19, so the Hebrew word אָֽכְלָ֣ה (akhla) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.19.W18.S1) and character.