Daniel 9:2:3Dan.9.2.W3TAB
לְמָלְכ֔וֹ
lehmalkhoh
“of his reign”
- Transliteration
- leh-mal-KHOH
- Extended
- leh-mahl-KHOH
- IPA
- /ləmalˈxoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of his reign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
leh-mal-KHOH
- clause
bish-NAT a-KHAT leh-mal-KHOH a-NI dah-ni-EL bi-NOH-TI bass-seh-fah-REEM
- sentence
bish-NAT a-KHAT leh-mal-KHOH a-NI dah-ni-EL bi-NOH-TI bass-seh-fah-REEM mis-PAR hash-sha-NEEM a-SHER ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-yir-mi-YA han-na-VI leh-mal-LOT leh-KHOR-vot yeh-roo-shaa-LAI-yim shiv-EEM sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal clause bishnat achat le-malko {בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְמָלְכ֔וֹ | biš-naṯ ʾa-ḥaṯ lə-mal-kō} ‘in the first year of his reign,’ which marks precise royal chronology.
In context — Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of the years concerning which the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: that seventy years must be completed for the desolations of Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 9:2, so the Hebrew word לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (lehmalkhoh) 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.9.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.2.W3.S1) and character.