Numbers 24:4:6Num.24.4.W6TAB
שַׁדַּי֙
shaddai
“of the Almighty”
- Transliteration
- shad-DAI
- Extended
- shad-DAI
- IPA
- /ʃadˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Almighty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shad-DAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI
- clause
a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NA-im
- sentence
ne-UM sho-MEA im-REI-EL a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NA-im
Exegesis
The relative clause asher machazeh shadday yechezeh {אֲשֶׁר מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי יֶחֱזֶה | ʼăšer maḥăzêh šadday yéḥezeh} uses asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} to introduce the visionary action.
Root and etymology
uncertain root, possibly š-d-dshin-dalet-dalet
“to overpower”
In context — Numbers 24:4
The prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of Shaddai , and falls prostrate with eyes unveiled.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:4, so the Hebrew word שַׁדַּי֙ (shaddai) 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 Num.24.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.4.W6.S1) and character.