Daniel 7:2:4Dan.7.2.W4TAB
חָזֵ֥ה
khaze
“I was seeing”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZE
- Extended
- khaa-ZEE
- IPA
- /ħaːˈzeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was seeing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ZE
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ZE ha-VEIT
- clause
a-NE da-ni-YEL ve-a-MAR kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-khez-VI im-LEIL-ya
- sentence
a-NE da-ni-YEL ve-a-MAR kha-ZE ha-VEIT be-khez-VI im-LEIL-ya va-a-RU ar-BA ru-KHE she-ma-YA me-gi-KHAN le-yam-MA ra-BA
Exegesis
The participle chazeh {חָזֵה | ḥā-zēh} ‘saw’ combined with the perfect havveit {הֲוֵית | ha-vêṯ} ‘I was’ establishes an ongoing visionary state.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-hḥet–zayin–heh
“to see, perceive”
In context — Daniel 7:2
Daniel answered and said, “I was watching in my vision during the night , and behold, four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 7:2, so the Hebrew word חָזֵ֥ה (khaze) 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.7.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.2.W4.S1) and character.