Daniel 3:18:8Dan.3.18.W8TAB
לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙
lehelahhakh
“to your gods”
- Transliteration
- leh-e-lah-HAKH
- Extended
- lee-eh-lah-HAKH
- IPA
- /leːʔɛlaːˈhaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-e-lah-HAKH
- phraseyour reading level
DI lah-le-HAYKH leh-e-lah-HAKH
- clause
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
- 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 juxtaposed prepositional phrases lelahayk {לאלהיך | lə-ʾĕlāhayk} and lēʾlāhākh {לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ | lē-ʾĕlāhāḵ} create a heavy focus on the king’s deity claims, functioning rhetorically to underline the scope of their refusal. The sequence lā-ʾitinā … ʾitānā …
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“god, deity”
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 3:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 3:18, so the Hebrew word לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ (lehelahhakh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.18.W8.S1) and character.