Daniel 8:4:6Dan.8.4.W6TAB
וָנֶ֗גְבָּה
vanegba
“southward”
- Transliteration
- va-NEG-ba
- Extended
- vaa-NEHG-bah
- IPA
- /vaːˈnɛg.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- southward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-NEG-ba
- clause
ra-I-ti et-ha-A-yil me-na-GE-akh YAM-ma ve-tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba ve-KHAL-kha-YOT lo-ya-AM-du le-fa-NAV ve-EN ma-TSIL mi-YA-do
- sentence
ra-I-ti et-ha-A-yil me-na-GE-akh YAM-ma ve-tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba ve-KHAL-kha-YOT lo-ya-AM-du le-fa-NAV ve-EN ma-TSIL mi-YA-do ve-a-SA khir-tso-NO ve-hig-DIL
Exegesis
va-negba {יָ֨מָּה... וְצָפ֜וֹנָה... וָנֶ֗גְבָּה | yāmāh... wə-ṣāphōnāh... wān-egbāh} depicts expansion in three directions.
In context — Daniel 8:4
I saw the ram butting vigorously westward, northward, and southward. And no animals could stand before him, and there was no deliverer from his hand, and he did according to his will and became great.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:4, so the Hebrew word וָנֶ֗גְבָּה (vanegba) 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.8.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.4.W6.S1) and character.