Daniel 3:19:5Dan.3.19.W5TAB
וּצְלֵ֤ם
utselem
“and the appearance of”
- Transliteration
- u-tse-LEM
- Extended
- oo-tseh-LEM
- IPA
- /uːtsəˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the appearance of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-tse-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-tse-LEM an-pe-HI
- clause
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
- 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 verbless clause u-tselem anpohei eshtani {וּצְלֵ֤ם אַנְפּ֙וֹהִי֙ אֶשְׁתַּנִּ֔י | û-ṣəlēm an-pō-hî esh-ta-nî} ‘the image of his face changed’ expresses a visible transformation.
Root and etymology
ṣ-l-mṣ l m
“image, likeness”
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 3:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 3:19, so the Hebrew word וּצְלֵ֤ם (utselem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.19.W5.S1) and character.