Daniel 3:2:16Dan.3.2.W16TAB

לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת

lakhanukkat

to the dedication of

Transliteration
la-kha-nuk-KAT
Extended
lah-khah-nuhk-KAHT
IPA
/la.ħa.nukˈkat/

Meaning by language

English
to the dedication of

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Result
לַ + חֲ + נֻכ + כַּ֣ת
la + kha + nuk + kat
lakhanukkat

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-kha-nuk-KAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-kha-nuk-KAT tsal-MA

  3. clause

    le-me-TE la-kha-nuk-KAT tsal-MA DI ha-KEEM ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA

  4. 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 purpose infinitive lemete {לְמֵתֵא | lə-me-tē} ’to come’ links to laḥanukkath tsalma {לַחֲנֻכַּת צַלְמָא | la-ḥa-nuk-kaṯ ṣal-mā} ’for the dedication of the image’.

Root and etymology

ḥ-n-khchet–nun–kaf

to dedicate

In contextDaniel 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 3:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 3:2, so the Hebrew word לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת (lakhanukkat) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.2.W16.S1) and character.