Daniel 8:7:19Dan.8.7.W19TAB
וַֽיִּרְמְסֵ֔הוּ
vayirmesehu
“{And} he trampled him”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-me-SE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yir-meh-SEH-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jir.məˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he trampled him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-me-SE-hu
- clause
va-yash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-yir-me-SE-hu ve-LO-ha-YA ma-TSIL la-AYL mi-ya-DO
- sentence
oo-reh-ee-TEEV ma-GI-a E-tsel ha-AYL va-yit-mar-MAR e-LAV va-YAKH et-ha-AYL va-ye-sha-BER et-SHTE keh-ra-NAV ve-LO-ha-YA KO-akh ba-AYL la-a-MOD le-fa-NAV va-yash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-yir-me-SE-hu ve-LO-ha-YA ma-TSIL la-AYL mi-ya-DO
Exegesis
The Hiphil wayyiqtol vayashlikhehu artsah {וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה | wa-yaš-lî-kê-hu ’ar-ṣāh} ‘he threw him to the ground’ followed by vayirmesehu {וַיִּרְמְסֵ֔הוּ | wa-yir-me-sê-hu} ‘he trampled him’ conveys utter humiliation.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-mem-samekh
“to trample”
In context — Daniel 8:7
And I saw him coming near to the ram , and he was enraged toward him and struck the ram and broke its two horns. And there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, so he threw him to the ground and trampled him, and there was no deliverer for the ram from his hand.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:7:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Daniel 8:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּרְמְסֵ֔הוּ (vayirmesehu) 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.8.7.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.7.W19.S1) and character.