Daniel 8:7:9Dan.8.7.W9TAB
וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙
vayeshaber
“{And} he broke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sha-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shah-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ʃabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he broke
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-sha-BER
- clause
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
- 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
Sequential wayyiqtol verbs vayyach {וַיַּךְ | va-yak} ‘he struck’ and vayyishabber {וַיְשַׁבֵּר | wa-ša-bêr} ‘he broke’ portray irreversible defeat, particularly through shtei keranav {שְׁתֵּי קְרָנָיו | šə-tê qə-rā-nāw} ‘his two horns,’ symbols of full might.
Root and etymology
sh-b-r
“to break; shatter”
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 8:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 8:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ (vayeshaber) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.7.W9.S1) and character.