Daniel 7:8:18Dan.7.8.W18TAB
וַאֲל֨וּ
vaalu
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- va-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /wa.ʔaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-LU a-yi-NIN
- clause
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
- 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 interjection waʾalu {וַ֠אֲלוּ | wa-ʾă-lû} ‘and behold’ recurs to shift focus.
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 7:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Daniel 7:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲל֨וּ (vaalu) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.8.W18.S1) and character.