Daniel 9:1:2Dan.9.1.W2TAB
אַחַ֗ת
akhat
“first”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAT
- Extended
- ah-KHAHT
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT a-KHAT
- clause
bish-NAT a-KHAT le-da-re-YA-vesh ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI
- sentence
bish-NAT a-KHAT le-da-re-YA-vesh ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI a-SHER ha-me-LAKH AL mal-KHUT kas-DIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal marker bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת | biš-naṯ} ‘in the year of,’ followed by the numeral achat {אַחַת | ʾa-ḥaṯ} ‘one,’ forming the ordinal “in the first year.”
In context — Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans .
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 9:1, so the Hebrew word אַחַ֗ת (akhat) 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.9.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.1.W2.S1) and character.