Daniel 3:12:8Dan.3.12.W8TAB
בָּבֶ֔ל
bavel
“Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ba-VEL
- Extended
- baa-VEL
- IPA
- /baːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
me-di-NAT ba-VEL
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional phrase al-avidat medinat babel {עַל־עֲבִידַת מְדִינַת בָּבֶל | ʿal-ʿăḇīḏaṯ məḏīnaṯ bāḇel} ‘over the province of Babylon’ specifies jurisdiction. An appositional list of proper names then appears.
Root and etymology
b-l-lb l l
“confusion”
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 3:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 3:12, so the Hebrew word בָּבֶ֔ל (bavel) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.12.W8.S1) and character.