Daniel 7:8:1Dan.7.8.W1TAB
מִשְׂתַּכַּ֨ל
mishtekal
“I was looking”
- Transliteration
- mish-te-KAL
- Extended
- mihsh-teh-KAHL
- IPA
- /miʃ.takˈkal/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was looking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
mish-te-KAL
- phraseyour reading level
mish-te-KAL ha-VEIT
- clause
mish-te-KAL ha-VEIT be-kar-NAI-ya va-a-LU KE-ren a-kho-RI ze-e-RA sil-KAT bi-ni-ho-N be-i-ne-HEN u-te-LAT min-kar-NAI-ya kad-ma-ya-TA et-a-kre-V et-a-ka-RA min-kad-me-H ko-da-MAH
- sentence
mish-te-KAL ha-VEIT be-kar-NAI-ya va-a-LU KE-ren a-kho-RI ze-e-RA sil-KAT bi-ni-ho-N be-i-ne-HEN u-te-LAT min-kar-NAI-ya kad-ma-ya-TA et-a-kre-V et-a-ka-RA min-kad-me-H ko-da-MAH va-a-LU a-yi-NIN ke-a-yi-NEI a-na-SHA be-kar-NA-da u-FUM me-mal-LIL rav-re-VAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with mishtakal {מִשְׂתַּכַּ֨ל | miš-ta-qál} ‘considering,’ a peʿal participle expressing ongoing observation.
In context — Daniel 7:8
I was observing the horns, and behold, another horn, a small one, came up among them, and three of the former horns were uprooted from before it. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man , and a mouth speaking great things .
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 7:8, so the Hebrew word מִשְׂתַּכַּ֨ל (mishtekal) 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.7.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.8.W1.S1) and character.