Daniel 3:14:8Dan.3.14.W8TAB
וַעֲבֵ֣ד
vahahved
“and Abed”
- Transliteration
- vah-ah-VED
- Extended
- vah-ah-VED
- IPA
- /vaʕăˈveːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Abed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
vah-ah-VED
- phraseyour reading level
vah-ah-VED neh-GO
- 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 proper names shadrakh {שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ | šad-rakh}, meishakh {מֵישַׁ֖ךְ | mē-shakh}, and wa-ʿaved-ne-gō {וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ | wa-ʿă-vēd ne-gō} function as direct address.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve”
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 3:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 3:14, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבֵ֣ד (vahahved) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.14.W8.S1) and character.