דַּהֲבָ֛א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דַּהֲבָ֛א

   da-ha-VA

   of gold
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א

   u-le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA

   and to the image of gold
3. clause🔊 גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ לָא־שָׂ֨מֽוּ עליך עֲלָ֤ךְ מַלְכָּא֙ טְעֵ֔ם לאלהיך לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ לָ֣א פָלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א סָגְדִֽין׃

   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

   these men O king not set attention or regard these upon you to you not serve to your gods to your god or to your gods not worship or bow down and to the image of gold which set up
4. sentence🔊 אִיתַ֞י גֻּבְרִ֣ין יְהוּדָאיִ֗ן דִּֽי־מַנִּ֤יתָ יָתְהוֹן֙ עַל־עֲבִידַת֙ מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ לָא־שָׂ֨מֽוּ עליך עֲלָ֤ךְ מַלְכָּא֙ טְעֵ֔ם לאלהיך לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ לָ֣א פָלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א סָגְדִֽין׃

   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

   there are men Jews appointed them over the work or affairs of province Babylon Shadrach Meshach and Abed Nego these men O king not set attention or regard these upon you to you not serve to your gods to your god or to your gods not worship or bow down and to the image of gold which set up

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

d-h-b🔊 ד־ה־בdalet–heh–bet

“gold”