Daniel 8:3:6Dan.8.3.W6TAB
אֶחָ֗ד
ehkhad
“one”
- Transliteration
- eh-KHAD
- Extended
- eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eh-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hin-NEH AI-yil eh-KHAD
- 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
Ayil {אַ֣יִל | ’a-yil} ‘ram’ paired with echad {אֶחָ֗ד | ’e-ḥāḏ} ‘one’ emphasizes singularity.
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 8:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:3, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֗ד (ehkhad) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.3.W6.S1) and character.