Daniel 8:18:5Dan.8.18.W5TAB
אָ֑רְצָה
artsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-tsa
- Extended
- AAR-tsah
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːr.tsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AR-tsa
- clause
oo-veh-dahb-beh-RO ih-MI nih-reh-DAM-tee al-pa-NAI AR-tsa
- sentence
oo-veh-dahb-beh-RO ih-MI nih-reh-DAM-tee al-pa-NAI AR-tsa va-yig-ga-BI va-ya-ah-mee-DE-nee al-am-DI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases al·panai {עַל־פָּנַ֖י | ʿal-pā-nāy} ‘upon my face’ and artsah {אָרְצָה | ʾar-ṣā(h)} ‘toward the ground’ situate Daniel prostrate.
In context — Daniel 8:18
And as he spoke to me, I fell into a deep sleep, face down on the ground. Then he touched me and made me stand upright.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 8:18, so the Hebrew word אָ֑רְצָה (artsa) 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.8.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.18.W5.S1) and character.