Daniel 8:9:5Dan.8.9.W5TAB
מִצְּעִירָ֑ה
mitstseeera
“little”
- Transliteration
- mits-tse-EE-RA
- Extended
- meets-tsheh-EE-RAA
- IPA
- /mits.tsə.ʕiːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-tse-EE-RA
- clause
oo-min-ha-a-KHAT me-HEM ya-TSA KE-ren-a-KHAT mits-tse-EE-RA
- sentence
oo-min-ha-a-KHAT me-HEM ya-TSA KE-ren-a-KHAT mits-tse-EE-RA va-tig-dal-YEH-ter el-ha-NE-gev veh-el-ha-miz-RAKH veh-el-ha-tse-VI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mits-ṣe-ʿî-rāh {מִצְּעִירָה | mits-ṣe-ʿî-rāh} ‘from smallness’ indicates initial scale.
In context — Daniel 8:9
And from one of them came out a single horn , from being small, and it grew exceedingly great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 8:9, so the Hebrew word מִצְּעִירָ֑ה (mitstseeera) 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.8.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.9.W5.S1) and character.