Daniel 3:19:17Dan.3.19.W17TAB
עַ֛ל
al
“more than”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- more than
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
AL
- clause
a-NE ve-a-MAR le-me-ZE le-a-tu-NA khad-shiv-AA AL DI kha-ZE le-mez-YE
- sentence
be-e-DA-yin ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR hit-me-LI khe-MA u-tse-LEM an-pe-HI esh-tan-NEE al-sha-DRAKH MEE-shakh va-a-VED ne-GO a-NE ve-a-MAR le-me-ZE le-a-tu-NA khad-shiv-AA AL DI kha-ZE le-mez-YE
Exegesis
The Pael infinitive le-meze {לְמֵזֵ֣א | lə-me-zē} with the distributive numeral had-shiv’a {חַ֨ד־שִׁבְעָ֔ה | ḥad-šiḇ-ʿā} intensifies the heating action, and the comparative clause al-di chazeh le-mezyeh {עַל־דִּ֥י חֲזֵ֖ה לְמֵזְיֵֽיהּ | ʿal-dî ḥa-zē lə-me-zyēh} ‘beyond what was customary to be heated’ specifies its extent.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mayin–lamed–mem
“everlasting”
In context — Daniel 3:19
Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage , and the image of his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He then ordered that the furnace be heated seven times more than was customary.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:19:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Daniel 3:19, so the Hebrew word עַ֛ל (al) 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.3.19.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.19.W17.S1) and character.