Daniel 8:15:5Dan.8.15.W5TAB
אֶת־הֶחָז֑וֹן
ethekhazon
“the vision”
- Transliteration
- ET-he-kha-ZON
- Extended
- eht-heh-khah-ZOHN
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.hɛħaːˈzoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the vision
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-he-kha-ZON
- clause
va-ye-HI bir-o-TI a-NI da-ni-YEL ET-he-kha-ZON
- sentence
va-ye-HI bir-o-TI a-NI da-ni-YEL ET-he-kha-ZON va-a-vak-SHA vee-NA ve-hin-NE o-MED le-neg-DI ke-mar-E-ga-VER
Exegesis
The compound et-ha-ḥazon {אֶת־הֶחָז֑וֹן | ʾet-ha-ḥāzôn} ‘direct object marker and the vision’ highlights hechazon as the focal object.
Root and etymology
ח-ז-ה
“to see, perceive”
In context — Daniel 8:15
And it happened, when I, Daniel, saw the vision , and I sought understanding , behold, there was one standing before me like a man.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 8:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הֶחָז֑וֹן (ethekhazon) 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.8.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.15.W5.S1) and character.