Daniel 8:16:7Dan.8.16.W7TAB
גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל
gavreeel
“Gabriel”
- Transliteration
- gav-REE-EL
- Extended
- gahv-REE-EHL
- IPA
- /ɡav.riˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gabriel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gav-REE-EL
- clause
va-yik-RA va-yoh-MAR gav-REE-EL ha-VEN leh-hal-LAZ et-ha-mar-E
- sentence
va-esh-MA kol-a-DAM BEN oo-LAI va-yik-RA va-yoh-MAR gav-REE-EL ha-VEN leh-hal-LAZ et-ha-mar-E
Exegesis
The vocative gavriʾēl {גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל | gav-ri-’ēl} ‘Gabriel’ is followed by the Hiphil imperative hāvēn {הָבֵן | hā-vēn} ‘make understand’ with the infinitive ləhallāz {לְהַלָּ֖ז | lə-hal-lāz} ‘to this one’ serving as its complement.
Root and etymology
ג-ב-ר
“man, adult male”
In context — Daniel 8:16
And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called and said, “Gabriel , make this one understand the vision .”
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 8:16, so the Hebrew word גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל (gavreeel) 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.8.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.16.W7.S1) and character.