Daniel 9:1:4Dan.9.1.W4TAB
בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ
benakhashverosh
“son of Ahasuerus”
- Transliteration
- ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH
- Extended
- behn-ah-KHASH-veh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʔăħaʃ.veːˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Ahasuerus
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH
- 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 construct chain leDaryawesh ben Achashverosh {לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ | lə-dār-yā-weš ben ʾă-ḥaš-wê-rōš} provides the ruler’s name and genealogy.
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 9:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 9:1, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ (benakhashverosh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.1.W4.S1) and character.