Daniel 7:2:8Dan.7.2.W8TAB
וַאֲר֗וּ
vaaru
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- va-a-RU
- Extended
- vah-ah-ROO
- IPA
- /waʔăˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-RU
- clause
va-a-RU ar-BA ru-KHE she-ma-YA me-gi-KHAN le-yam-MA ra-BA
- 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 attention marker va'aru {וַאֲרוּ | wa-ʾă-rû} ‘and behold’ shifts focus to the vision itself.
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 7:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 7:2, so the Hebrew word וַאֲר֗וּ (vaaru) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.2.W8.S1) and character.