Daniel 7:5:6Dan.7.5.W6TAB
לְדֹ֗ב
ledov
“to a bear”
- Transliteration
- le-DOV
- Extended
- leh-DOV
- IPA
- /ləˈðɔv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a bear
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-DOV
- phraseyour reading level
dam-YA le-DOV
- clause
va-A-ru khe-YA-va a-kho-RI tin-ya-NA dam-YA le-DOV ve-lis-TAR-khad ho-ki-MAT u-te-LAT il-e-IN be-FUM-ma BEN she-ni-YA SHIN-na
- sentence
va-A-ru khe-YA-va a-kho-RI tin-ya-NA dam-YA le-DOV ve-lis-TAR-khad ho-ki-MAT u-te-LAT il-e-IN be-FUM-ma BEN she-ni-YA SHIN-na ve-KHEN am-RIN LA ku-MI a-khu-LI be-SAR sa-GI
Exegesis
Damya ledov {דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב | dā-mî-yâ le-ḏôb} introduces a simile “like a bear,” anchoring the figure’s form.
In context — Daniel 7:5
And behold, another beast , a second one, was like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. And thus they said to it, “Arise, devour much flesh.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 7:5, so the Hebrew word לְדֹ֗ב (ledov) 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.7.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.5.W6.S1) and character.