Daniel 3:13:12Dan.3.13.W12TAB
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א
goovraya
“men”
- Transliteration
- goo-vra-YA
- Extended
- goo-vrah-YAA
- IPA
- /ɡuvrajˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
goo-vra-YA
- phraseyour reading level
goo-vra-YA i-LEKH
- clause
be-a-DAY-in goo-vra-YA i-LEKH hei-TA-yu ko-DAM mal-KA
- sentence
be-a-DAY-in ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR bir-GAZ va-kha-MA a-MAR le-hai-ta-YA le-shad-RAKH mei-SHAKH va-a-VED ne-GO be-a-DAY-in goo-vra-YA i-LEKH hei-TA-yu ko-DAM mal-KA
Exegesis
A second beadin {בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ | bē-ʾă-dayin} ‘then’ returns the narrative, and the phrase guvrayya illekh {גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ | guv-ray-yā il-lekh} ‘these men’ functions as the direct object of heitayu {הֵיתָ֖יוּ | hē-tā-yū} ‘they brought.’
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ר
“to be strong”
In context — Daniel 3:13
Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury ordered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego to be brought. Then these men were brought before the king .
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 3:13, so the Hebrew word גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א (goovraya) 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.3.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.13.W12.S1) and character.