Daniel 3:12:13Dan.3.12.W13TAB
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א
guhvraya
“these men”
- Transliteration
- guh-vra-YA
- Extended
- guh-vrah-YAA
- IPA
- /ɡuv.rajˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- these men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
guh-vra-YA
- phraseyour reading level
guh-vra-YA il-LEKH
- clause
guh-vra-YA il-LEKH la-sa-MU a-LEKH a-LAKH mal-KA te-EM le-e-lo-HEKH le-e-la-HAKH LA fal-KHIN u-le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA DI ha-ke-im-TA LA sag-DIN
- sentence
ee-TAI guh-ve-REEN ye-hoo-dah-AYIN di-man-NEE-ta yat-he-HON al-a-vi-DAT me-di-NAT ba-VEL shad-RAKH ME-shakh va-a-VED ne-GO guh-vra-YA il-LEKH la-sa-MU a-LEKH a-LAKH mal-KA te-EM le-e-lo-HEKH le-e-la-HAKH LA fal-KHIN u-le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA DI ha-ke-im-TA LA sag-DIN
Exegesis
The demonstrative gubayya illekh {גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ | gubrāyyā ʾillēḵ} ‘these men’ emphasizes specificity.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ר
“to be strong”
In context — Daniel 3:12
There are men, Jews, whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—these men, O king, have not set their regard upon you ; they do not serve your god , nor do they worship the golden image that you have set up.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 3:12, so the Hebrew word גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א (guhvraya) 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.3.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.12.W13.S1) and character.