Daniel 8:18:6Dan.8.18.W6TAB
וַיִּ֨גַּע־בִּ֔י
vayiggabi
“and he touched me”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-ga-BI
- Extended
- vah-yihg-gah-BEE
- IPA
- /waj.jig.gaʕ.ˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he touched me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-ga-BI
- clause
va-yig-ga-BI va-ya-ah-mee-DE-nee al-am-DI
- 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 shift to the wayyiqtol forms vayiggabi {וַיִּ֨גַּע־בִּ֔י | way-yig-gaʿ-bî} ‘and he touched me’ and vayyaamideni {וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֖נִי | way-ya-ʿa-mi-dê-ni} ‘and he made me stand’ marks a narrative turn and denotes causative restoration.
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 8:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֨גַּע־בִּ֔י (vayiggabi) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.18.W6.S1) and character.