Daniel 8:9:6Dan.8.9.W6TAB
וַתִּגְדַּל־יֶ֛תֶר
vatigdalyehter
“grew exceedingly”
- Transliteration
- va-tig-dal-YEH-ter
- Extended
- vah-tihg-dahl-YEH-tehr
- IPA
- /vat.tiɣˈdal.jɛˈθɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- grew exceedingly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tig-dal-YEH-ter
- clause
va-tig-dal-YEH-ter el-ha-NE-gev veh-el-ha-miz-RAKH veh-el-ha-tse-VI
- 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 vav-consecutive imperfect wa-tig-dal ye-ter {וַתִּגְדַּל־יֶתֶר | wa-tig-dal ye-ter} ‘and it grew exceedingly’ signals expansion.
Root and etymology
g-d-lgimel–dalet–lamed
“to grow, become great”
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 8:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 8:9, so the Hebrew word וַתִּגְדַּל־יֶ֛תֶר (vatigdalyehter) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.9.W6.S1) and character.