Judges 18:30:13Judg.18.30.W13TAB

הַדָּנִ֔י

hadani

the Danite

Transliteration
ha-da-NI
Extended
hah-dah-NEE
IPA
/had.daːˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
the Danite

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + דָּ + נִ֔י
ha + da + ni
hadani

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-da-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI

  3. clause

    vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The clause u-vanav hayu kohanim {וּבָנָיו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים | ūvānāyw hāywū kōhā-nîm} ‘and his sons were priests’ pairs kōhā-nîm {כֹהֲנִים | kōhā-nîm} ‘priests’ with a perfect verb to denote their ongoing role, specified by le-shevet ha-dani {לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִי | lə-šē-ḇeṯ ha-dānî} ‘for the tribe of Dan.’

Root and etymology

d-nd-n

judge, execute judgment

In contextJudges 18:30

And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.

About this coordinate

Judges 18:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word הַדָּנִ֔י (hadani) 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 Judg.18.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W13.S1) and character.