Daniel 7:19:4Dan.7.19.W4TAB
עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙
alkhevta
“about the beast”
- Transliteration
- al-KHE-vta
- Extended
- ahl-KHEE-vtah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ħeːwˈtɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- about the beast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-KHE-vta
- clause
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
- 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 phrase al-cheyveta {עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ | ʿal-ḥēwṯā} ‘about the beast’ is specified by the ordinal reviayeta {רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א | rə-ḇîyitā} ‘the fourth’.
Root and etymology
Rootkh-y-w
“beast, animal”
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 7:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 7:19, so the Hebrew word עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ (alkhevta) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.19.W4.S1) and character.