Daniel 3:18:4Dan.3.18.W4TAB
לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ
lehhevehlakh
“be to you”
- Transliteration
- leh-he-VEH-lakh
- Extended
- leh-heh-VEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /lɛhɛˈweː.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- be to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-he-VEH-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
yeh-DI-ah leh-he-VEH-lakh
- clause
ve-HEN LA yeh-DI-ah leh-he-VEH-lakh mal-KA
- sentence
ve-HEN LA yeh-DI-ah leh-he-VEH-lakh mal-KA DI lah-le-HAYKH leh-e-lah-HAKH LA-i-ti-NA ee-ti-NA fal-KHEEN oo-le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA DI ha-KEEM-ta LA nis-GOOD
Exegesis
The predicative yediaʿ {יְדִ֥יעַ | yĕdîaʿ} (“known”) is paired with the infinitival ləhewe-lakh {לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ | lə-hêwēʾ-lāḵ} (“to be to you”), forming a fixed announcement formula: “let it be known to you.”
In context — Daniel 3:18
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not serving your gods, and to the gold image you have set up we will not bow down .
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 3:18, so the Hebrew word לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ (lehhevehlakh) 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.3.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.18.W4.S1) and character.