Daniel 3:2:14Dan.3.2.W14TAB
מְדִֽינָתָ֑א
medinata
“the province”
- Transliteration
- me-di-na-TA
- Extended
- meh-dee-nah-TAA
- IPA
- /mə.diː.naːˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the province
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
me-di-na-TA
- phraseyour reading level
shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA
- clause
u-ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA she-LAKH le-mikh-NASH la-a-khash-dar-pe-na-YA sig-na-YA u-fa-kha-va-TA a-dar-gaz-ra-YA ge-dav-ra-YA de-tav-ra-YA tif-ta-YE ve-KHOL shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA
- sentence
u-ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA she-LAKH le-mikh-NASH la-a-khash-dar-pe-na-YA sig-na-YA u-fa-kha-va-TA a-dar-gaz-ra-YA ge-dav-ra-YA de-tav-ra-YA tif-ta-YE ve-KHOL shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA le-me-TE la-kha-nuk-KAT tsal-MA DI ha-KEEM ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA
Exegesis
The list of officials—satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates—reflects the Persian imperial hierarchy, capped by vekol shiltonay medinata {וְכֹל שִׁלְטֹנֵי מְדִינָתָא | wə-ḵol šil-to-nē mə-di-nā-ṯā} ’and all the rulers of the provinces’.
Root and etymology
d-y-nd y n
“administrative district”
In context — Daniel 3:2
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to assemble the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors , the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces to come for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Daniel 3:2, so the Hebrew word מְדִֽינָתָ֑א (medinata) 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.3.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.2.W14.S1) and character.