Daniel 3:14:18Dan.3.14.W18TAB
לָ֥א
la
“not”
- Transliteration
- LA
- Extended
- LAA
- IPA
- /ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LA
- phraseyour reading level
LA sahg-DEEN
- 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 negative particle lā {לָ֤א | lā} negates palḥin {פָּֽלְחִ֔ין | pāl-ḥin} ‘serving’ and sagdin {סָֽגְדִֽין | sāg-din} ‘worshipping,’ linked by u- ‘and.’
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 3:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Daniel 3:14, so the Hebrew word לָ֥א (la) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.14.W18.S1) and character.