Daniel 8:3:12Dan.8.3.W12TAB
וְהַקְּרָנַ֣יִם
vehhakkeranayim
“and the horns”
- Transliteration
- veh-hak-ke-ra-NA-yim
- Extended
- veh-hahk-keh-raa-NAA-yim
- IPA
- /wəhak.qə.raˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the horns
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hak-ke-ra-NA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hak-ke-ra-NA-yim ge-vo-HOT
- clause
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
- 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 phrase ve-lo kerenayim {וְל֣וֹ קְרָנָ֑יִם | wə-lō qə-rā-nā-yim} ‘and it had horns’ introduces dual horn imagery which is then compared: gevohot {גְּבֹה֗וֹת | gə-ḇō-hōṯ} ‘were high’ contrasts with gevoha min-ha-shenit {גְּבֹהָ֣ה מִן־הַשֵּׁנִ֔ית | gə-ḇō-hāh min-ha-šê-nīt} ‘was higher than the second,’ culminating in the higher horn’s ascent olah ba-acharonah {עֹלָ֖ה בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה | ‘ō-lāh bā-’a-ḥa-rō-nāh} ‘coming up at the end.’ Parallelism and vav-consecutive linkage underscore the sequence and hierarchy of the horns, shaping the prophetic vision’s structure.
Root and etymology
q-r-nqof–resh–nun
“horns; projections”
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 8:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 8:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַקְּרָנַ֣יִם (vehhakkeranayim) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.3.W12.S1) and character.