Daniel 8:7:20Dan.8.7.W20TAB

וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה

velohaya

“{And} there was not”

Transliteration: ve-LO-ha-YA
Extended: veh-LOH-hah-YAA
IPA: /wəloː.haːˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: {And} there was not

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + לֹא + הָ + יָ֥ה

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ve + lo + ha + ya

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velohaya

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Lamed	l as in law
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ve-LO-ha-YA
phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ha-YA ma-TSIL
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 clause velo-hayah koach ba’ayil la’amod lefanav {וְלֹא־הָיָה כֹחַ בָּאַיִל לַעֲמֹד לְפָנָיו | wə-lō-hā-yāh kō-aḥ bā-’a-yil la-’ă-mōd lə-pā-nāw} ‘and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him’ emphasizes total helplessness.

The conclusion velo-hayah matsil la’ayil miyado {וְלֹא־הָיָה מַצִּיל לָאַיִל מִיָּדֽוֹ | wə-lō-hā-yāh maṣ-ṣîl lā-’a-yil mi-yā-dō} ‘and there was no deliverer for the ram from his hand’ underscores the adversary’s complete domination. The English preserves the Hebrew’s sequential narrative and the theological force of the horn imagery.

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 8:7:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Daniel 8:7, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה (velohaya) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.7.W20.S1) and character.

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