Daniel 3:14:2Dan.3.14.W2TAB
נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙
nehvukhadnehtsar
“Nebuchadnezzar”
- Transliteration
- neh-vu-KHAD-neh-TSAR
- Extended
- neh-voo-KHAD-neh-TSAR
- IPA
- /nəvu.xad.nɛtˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- Nebuchadnezzar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
neh-vu-KHAD-neh-TSAR
- phraseyour reading level
ah-NEH neh-vu-KHAD-neh-TSAR
- clause
ah-NEH neh-vu-KHAD-neh-TSAR veh-ah-MAR leh-HON hats-DAA shad-RAKH mee-SHAKH vah-ah-VED neh-GO
- 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 verse begins with the verb aneh {עָנֵ֤ה | ʿā-nē} ‘he answered’ followed by the subject nevukhadnetsar {נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר֙ | nə-vu-khad-ne-tsar} ‘Nebuchadnezzar,’ then the conjunction ve-amar {וְאָמַ֣ר | wə-ʾā-mar} ‘and he said.’
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 3:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 3:14, so the Hebrew word נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ (nehvukhadnehtsar) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.14.W2.S1) and character.