Daniel 8:3:9Dan.8.3.W9TAB
הָאֻבָ֖ל
hauval
“the canal”
- Transliteration
- ha-u-VAL
- Extended
- haa-uh-VAAL
- IPA
- /hɔː.ʔuˈvɔːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the canal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-u-VAL
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEH ha-u-VAL
- 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 participle omed {עֹמֵ֛ד | ‘ō-mêḏ} marks the ram’s posture, while lifnei ha-ubal {לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֻבָ֖ל | lif-nê hā-’u-ḇāl} indicates spatial orientation ‘before the canal.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-l
“canal, stream”
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 8:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 8:3, so the Hebrew word הָאֻבָ֖ל (hauval) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.3.W9.S1) and character.