Daniel 8:21:1Dan.8.21.W1TAB
וְהַצָּפִ֥יר
vehatsafeer
“and the goat”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-tsa-FEER
- Extended
- veh-hah-tsah-FEER
- IPA
- /və.ha.tsˈfiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the goat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-tsa-FEER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-tsa-FEER ha-sa-EER
- clause
ve-ha-tsa-FEER ha-sa-EER ME-lekh ya-VAN
- sentence
ve-ha-tsa-FEER ha-sa-EER ME-lekh ya-VAN ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehatsaphir hasaʿir {וְהַצָּפִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר | wə-ḥā-ṣā-p̄îr haś-śā-ʿîr} ‘and the male goat,’ equated with melekh yavan {מֶלֶךְ יָוָן | me-leḵ yā-wān} ‘king of Greece.’
Root and etymology
ṣ-p-rtsade–pe–resh
“male goat”
In context — Daniel 8:21
And the male goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 8:21, so the Hebrew word וְהַצָּפִ֥יר (vehatsafeer) 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.8.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.21.W1.S1) and character.