Daniel 8:3:1Dan.8.3.W1TAB

וָאֶשָּׂ֤א

vaesaa

“lifted up”

Transliteration: va-e-SAA
Extended: vah-eh-SAA
IPA: /wa.ʔɛsˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English: lifted up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וָ + אֶ + שָּׂ֤א

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va + e + saa

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vaesaa

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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The word

Word in context

word
va-e-SAA
phraseyour reading level
va-e-SAA eh-NAI
clause
va-e-SAA eh-NAI va-er-EH veh-hin-NEH AI-yil eh-KHAD o-MED lif-NEH ha-u-VAL veh-LO keh-ra-NA-yim
sentence
va-e-SAA eh-NAI va-er-EH veh-hin-NEH AI-yil eh-KHAD o-MED lif-NEH ha-u-VAL veh-LO keh-ra-NA-yim veh-hak-ke-ra-NA-yim ge-vo-HOT veh-ha-a-KHAT ge-vo-HA min-ha-she-NIT veh-hag-ge-vo-HA o-LA ba-a-kha-ro-NA

Exegesis

The verse employs a first-person sequence with vav-consecutive: va’essa {וָאֶשָּׂ֤א | wā-’eś-śā} ‘and I lifted’ and va’er’eh {וָאֶרְאֶ֔ה | wā-’er-’eh} ‘and I saw,’ leading into the interjection ve-hinneh {וְהִנֵּ֣ה | wə-hin-nêh} ‘and behold,’ which signals a dramatic vision.

In context — Daniel 8:3

And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing before the canal . It had horns , and the horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

About this coordinate

Daniel 8:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 8:3, so the Hebrew word וָאֶשָּׂ֤א (vaesaa) 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.8.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.3.W1.S1) and character.

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