Daniel 3:10:4Dan.3.10.W4TAB
שָׂ֣מְתָּ
samta
“set”
- Transliteration
- SAM-ta
- Extended
- saam-TAH
- IPA
- /saːmˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- set
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SAM-ta
- phraseyour reading level
SAM-ta te-EM
- clause
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
- 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 perfect verb shamta {שָׂ֣מְתָּ | šā-mə-ṯā} with the noun teem {טְּעֵם | ṭə-ʿēm} forms a definitive royal decree.
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 3:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 3:10, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֣מְתָּ (samta) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.10.W4.S1) and character.