Daniel 7:4:14Dan.7.4.W14TAB
כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ
keenash
“like a man”
- Transliteration
- ke-e-NASH
- Extended
- keh-eh-NAHSH
- IPA
- /kːɛ.ʔɛˈnaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-e-NASH
- phraseyour reading level
ke-e-NASH ho-ki-MAT
- clause
kha-ZE ha-VEIT AD di-me-ri-TU gap-pa-YA u-ne-ti-LAT min-ar-A ve-al-rag-la-YIN ke-e-NASH ho-ki-MAT u-le-VAV e-NASH ye-HIV LA
- sentence
kad-mai-TA ke-ar-YE ve-gap-PIN di-ne-SHAR LA kha-ZE ha-VEIT AD di-me-ri-TU gap-pa-YA u-ne-ti-LAT min-ar-A ve-al-rag-la-YIN ke-e-NASH ho-ki-MAT u-le-VAV e-NASH ye-HIV LA
Exegesis
The dual noun rag-lay-in {רַגְלַיִן | rag-lay-in} and the construct ū-lə-vav {וּלְבַב | ū-lə-vav} plus absolute ʾe-nāsh {אֱנָשׁ | ʾe-nāsh} depict an anthropomorphic standing and the bestowal of humanity via the Peal yə-hîv {יְהִיב | yə-hîv}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-shaleph–nun–shin
“human being”
In context — Daniel 7:4
The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle; I was watching until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 7:4, so the Hebrew word כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ (keenash) 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.7.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.4.W14.S1) and character.