Daniel 3:12:24Dan.3.12.W24TAB
וּלְצֶ֧לֶם
uletselem
“and to the image”
- Transliteration
- u-le-TSE-lem
- Extended
- oo-leh-TSEH-lehm
- IPA
- /uː.ləˈtsɛ.lɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the image
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-TSE-lem
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA
- 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
Finally, the coordination u-le-ṣelem dahavā di-hakēmta la-sagdin {וּלְצֶלֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּי־הֲקֵימְתָּ לָא סָגְדִין | û-ləṣelem dahăḇā dî hakēm'tā lāʾ sāḡdīn} ‘and to the golden image which you have set up they do not worship’ attaches a relative clause completing the legal declaration. The translation renders the VSO order into English SVO while preserving emphasis through appositional dashes and repetition of negative particles.
Root and etymology
ṣ-l-mṣ l m
“image, likeness”
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 3:12:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Daniel 3:12, so the Hebrew word וּלְצֶ֧לֶם (uletselem) 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.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.12.W24.S1) and character.