Daniel 3:10:5Dan.3.10.W5TAB
טְּעֵם֒
teem
“decree”
- Transliteration
- te-EM
- Extended
- teh-EEM
- IPA
- /təˈʕeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- decree
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-EM
- 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.
Root and etymology
ט–ע–ם
“to command, 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 3:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 3:10, so the Hebrew word טְּעֵם֒ (teem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.10.W5.S1) and character.