Daniel 7:21:3Dan.7.21.W3TAB
וְקַרְנָ֣א
vekarna
“and the horn”
- Transliteration
- ve-kar-NA
- Extended
- veh-kahr-NAA
- IPA
- /wəqarˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the horn
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kar-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kar-NA di-KEN
- clause
kha-ZE ha-VEIT ve-kar-NA di-KEN a-ve-DA ke-RAV im-ka-di-SHIN
- sentence
kha-ZE ha-VEIT ve-kar-NA di-KEN a-ve-DA ke-RAV im-ka-di-SHIN ve-yakh-LA le-HON
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-karna {וְקַרְנָ֣א | wə-qar-nāʾ} ‘and horn’ introduces the subject, with dīken {דִכֵּ֔ן | dî-kēn} ‘that same’ linking it to earlier imagery.
Root and etymology
q-r-n
“horn”
In context — Daniel 7:21
I was watching, and that same horn was making war with the holy ones , and was prevailing against them.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 7:21, so the Hebrew word וְקַרְנָ֣א (vekarna) 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.7.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.21.W3.S1) and character.