Daniel 3:14:10Dan.3.14.W10TAB
לֵֽאלָהַ֗י
lehehlahai
“to my gods”
- Transliteration
- leh-eh-la-HAI
- Extended
- leh-eh-lah-HAI
- IPA
- /leːʔɛlaˈhaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
leh-eh-la-HAI
- clause
leh-eh-la-HAI LA ee-tee-KHOHN pahl-KHIN oo-leh-TSE-lem dah-ha-VAA DI hah-KEE-met LA sahg-DEEN
- sentence
ah-NEH neh-vu-KHAD-neh-TSAR veh-ah-MAR leh-HON hats-DAA shad-RAKH mee-SHAKH vah-ah-VED neh-GO leh-eh-la-HAI LA ee-tee-KHOHN pahl-KHIN oo-leh-TSE-lem dah-ha-VAA DI hah-KEE-met LA sahg-DEEN
Exegesis
The objects le-elahay {לֵֽאלָהַ֗י | le-ʾĕ-lā-hāy} ‘to my gods’ and u-le-ṣelem {וּלְצֶ֧לֶם | û-lə-ṣə-lēm} ‘and to the image’ mirror each other.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“gods, deities”
In context — Daniel 3:14
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods nor worship the golden image which I have set up?”
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 3:14, so the Hebrew word לֵֽאלָהַ֗י (lehehlahai) 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.3.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.14.W10.S1) and character.