Daniel 7:21:5Dan.7.21.W5TAB
עָבְדָ֥ה
aveda
“was making or doing”
- Transliteration
- a-ve-DA
- Extended
- aa-veh-DAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːvˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was making or doing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-ve-DA
- phraseyour reading level
a-ve-DA ke-RAV
- 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 verb avda {עָבְדָ֥ה | ʿāḇ-də(h)} ‘making’ followed by kerav {קְרָ֖ב | qə-rāḇ} ‘war’ underscores the horn’s aggressive action.
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 7:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 7:21, so the Hebrew word עָבְדָ֥ה (aveda) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.21.W5.S1) and character.