Daniel 8:21:5Dan.8.21.W5TAB
וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן
vehakeren
“and the horn”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-KE-ren
- Extended
- veh-hah-KEH-rehn
- IPA
- /və.haqˈqɛ.rɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the horn
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-KE-ren
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
- 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 conjunction wə {וְ | wə} introduces vehakeren hagedolah {וְהַקֶּרֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה | wə-ha-qe-ren hag-ḡə-ḏō-lāh} ‘and the great horn,’ defined by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ plus the locative bên-ʿênāyw {בֵּין־עֵינָיו | bēn-ʿê-nāw} ‘between his eyes.’
Root and etymology
k-r-nkof–resh–nun
“horn, power”
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 8:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 8:21, so the Hebrew word וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן (vehakeren) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.21.W5.S1) and character.