Daniel 8:15:6Dan.8.15.W6TAB
וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה
vaavaksha
“and I sought”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vak-SHA
- Extended
- vah-ah-vahk-SHAA
- IPA
- /waːʔăvaqˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I sought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-vak-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-vak-SHA vee-NA
- clause
va-a-vak-SHA vee-NA ve-hin-NE o-MED le-neg-DI ke-mar-E-ga-VER
- 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 Piel wayyiqtol va’avakshah {וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה | wa-ʾăḇaqšāh} ‘and I sought’ directs action toward binah {בִינָה | bînâh} ‘understanding.’
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 8:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:15, so the Hebrew word וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה (vaavaksha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.15.W6.S1) and character.