Daniel 8:7:22Dan.8.7.W22TAB
לָאַ֖יִל
laayl
“for the ram”
- Transliteration
- la-AYL
- Extended
- lah-AYL
- IPA
- /laːˈʔajil/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the ram
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-AYL
- 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 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.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-l
“ram; strong; leader”
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 8:7:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Daniel 8:7, so the Hebrew word לָאַ֖יִל (laayl) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.7.W22.S1) and character.