Daniel 8:4:8Dan.8.4.W8TAB
לֹֽא־יַֽעַמְד֣וּ
loyaamdu
“did not stand”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-AM-du
- Extended
- loh-yah-AHM-doo
- IPA
- /loː.jaˈʕam.duː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not stand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ya-AM-du
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ya-AM-du le-fa-NAV
- 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
The clause lo ya'amdu lefanav {לֹֽא־יַֽעַמְד֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו | lō yaʿamdu lə-fānāw} shows “all animals” cannot stand before him.
Root and etymology
ע-מ-ד
“to stand”
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 8:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 8:4, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יַֽעַמְד֣וּ (loyaamdu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.4.W8.S1) and character.