Daniel 7:6:9Dan.7.6.W9TAB
גַּפִּ֥ין
gapin
“wings”
- Transliteration
- ga-PIN
- Extended
- gah-PEEN
- IPA
- /ɡapˈpiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- wings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-PIN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LA ga-PIN ar-BA
- clause
ba-ATAR de-NA kha-ZE ha-VEIT va-a-RU a-kho-RI kin-MAR ve-LA ga-PIN ar-BA di-OF al-ga-VE-ya ga-BA
- sentence
ba-ATAR de-NA kha-ZE ha-VEIT va-a-RU a-kho-RI kin-MAR ve-LA ga-PIN ar-BA di-OF al-ga-VE-ya ga-BA ve-ar-be-A re-SHIN le-khe-yiv-TA ve-shal-TAN ye-HIV LA
Exegesis
The construct chain gappin arba di-‘of {גַּפִּ֥ין אַרְבַּ֛ע דִּי־ע֖וֹף | gappîn ʾarbǎʿ dî-ʿôp} ‘four wings of a bird’ attaches via the prepositional phrase al-gabbēh gabbah {עַל־גַּבֵּ֣הּ גַּבַּ֑הּ | ʿal-gabbēh gabbah} ‘on its back,’ where the doubled ‘back’ is an emphatic construct.
Root and etymology
g-p-pgimel–pe–pe
“wing”
In context — Daniel 7:6
After this I saw, and behold another, like a leopard , and to it were four wings of a bird upon its back, and the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 7:6, so the Hebrew word גַּפִּ֥ין (gapin) 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.7.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.6.W9.S1) and character.