Daniel 7:23:5Dan.7.23.W5TAB
מַלְכ֤וּ
malkhu
“a kingdom”
- Transliteration
- mal-KHU
- Extended
- mahl-KHOO
- IPA
- /malˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a kingdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a
- clause
KEN a-MAR khe-ye-ve-TA re-vi-AI-ta mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a te-he-VE be-ar-A DI tish-NE min-KOL-mal-khe-va-TA
- sentence
KEN a-MAR khe-ye-ve-TA re-vi-AI-ta mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a te-he-VE be-ar-A DI tish-NE min-KOL-mal-khe-va-TA ve-TE-khul KOL-ar-A u-te-DU-shin-NA ve-tad-kin-NA
Exegesis
The verbless phrase hevayta reviʿayta {חֵיוְתָא רְבִיעָיְתָא | ḥê-we-ṯā(ʾ) rḇî-ʿay-ṯā(ʾ)} ‘the fourth beast’ is apposed by malkhu reviʿaʾah {מַלְכ֤וּ רְבִיעָאָה | mal-ḵû rḇî-ʿā-ʾā} ‘the fourth kingdom.’
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“king, reign”
In context — Daniel 7:23
Thus he said, “The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 7:23, so the Hebrew word מַלְכ֤וּ (malkhu) 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.7.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.23.W5.S1) and character.