Daniel 3:10:23Dan.3.10.W23TAB
לְצֶ֥לֶם
letselem
“to the image of”
- Transliteration
- le-TSE-lem
- Extended
- leh-TSEH-lehm
- IPA
- /ləˈtsɛlɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the image of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-TSE-lem
- phraseyour reading level
le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA
- clause
yip-PEL ve-yis-GUD le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA
- sentence
an-TA ANT mal-KA SAM-ta te-EM DI khol-e-NASH di-yish-MA KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA ki-te-RAS kat-ROS sab-KHA fe-san-te-RIN ve-si-fe-NYA ve-su-po-NYA ve-KHOL ze-NE ze-ma-RA yip-PEL ve-yis-GUD le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA
Exegesis
The phrase leselem dahava {לְצֶלֶם דַּהֲבָא | lə-ṣe-lem da-hā-vāʾ} ‘to the golden image’ specifies the object of worship. English SVO order clarifies the decree’s scope while retaining the Aramaic’s ritual enumeration and emphatic flow.
Root and etymology
ṣ-l-mṣ l m
“image, likeness”
In context — Daniel 3:10
You, O king, have established a decree that every person who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, harp, trigon, psalteries, or bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:10:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Daniel 3:10, so the Hebrew word לְצֶ֥לֶם (letselem) 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.3.10.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.10.W23.S1) and character.