Daniel 7:8:15Dan.7.8.W15TAB
אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה
etakara
“were uprooted”
- Transliteration
- et-a-ka-RA
- Extended
- eh-tah-ah-kah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʕă.qaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were uprooted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-a-ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-kre-V et-a-ka-RA
- 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 removal event etʿaqara min-qadmāh {אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה מִן־קֳדָמַ֑הּ | ʾet-ʿə-qā-rā min-qā-dmā́h} ‘were uprooted from before it’ employs the ithpaʿel perfect with directional nuance.
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 7:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 7:8, so the Hebrew word אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה (etakara) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.8.W15.S1) and character.