Daniel 3:12:23Dan.3.12.W23TAB
פָלְחִ֔ין
falkhin
“serve”
- Transliteration
- fal-KHIN
- Extended
- faal-KHEEN
- IPA
- /falˈħiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
fal-KHIN
- phraseyour reading level
LA fal-KHIN
- 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 following imperfect clause le-elāhāḵ la-palchin {לֵאלָהָךְ֙ לָא פָלְחִין | leʾlāhāḵ lāʾ palḥīn} ‘to your god they do not serve’ conveys ongoing refusal.
Root and etymology
p-l-ḥpe–lamed–chet
“to serve, worship”
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 3:12:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Daniel 3:12, so the Hebrew word פָלְחִ֔ין (falkhin) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.12.W23.S1) and character.