Daniel 7:8:7Dan.7.8.W7TAB
זְעֵירָה֙
zeera
“little”
- Transliteration
- ze-e-RA
- Extended
- zeh-ee-RAA
- IPA
- /zə.ʕeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ze-e-RA
- phraseyour reading level
KE-ren a-kho-RI ze-e-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 clause keren aḥori zeʿīrā silkat {קֶ֣רֶן אָחֳרִי זְעֵירָה֙ סִלְקָ֣ת | kē-ren a-ḥō-rî ze-ʿī-rā sil-qāṯ} ‘another small horn came up’ uses feminine agreement and highlights new power.
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 7:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 7:8, so the Hebrew word זְעֵירָה֙ (zeera) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.8.W7.S1) and character.