נוּרָ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נוּרָ֖א

   nu-RA

   fire
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְאַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א

   le-a-TUN nu-RA

   into the furnace fire
3. clause🔊 לְמִרְמֵ֕א לְאַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

   le-mir-MEI le-a-TUN nu-RA ya-kid-TA

   to throw into the furnace fire blazing
4. sentence🔊 וּלְגֻבְרִ֤ין גִּבָּֽרֵי־חַ֙יִל֙ דִּ֣י בְחַיְלֵ֔הּ אֲמַר֙ לְכַפָּתָ֔ה לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לְמִרְמֵ֕א לְאַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

   u-le-ghuv-RIN gi-ba-REI-kha-YIL DI ve-kha-ye-LEH a-MAR le-kap-pa-TA le-shad-RAKH MEI-shakh va-a-VED ne-GO le-mir-MEI le-a-TUN nu-RA ya-kid-TA

   ordered and to men valiant men that in his army to bind them Shadrach Meshach Abed Nego to throw into the furnace fire blazing

Exegesis

The objects “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego” are followed by the prepositional phrase leattun {לְאַתּ֥וּן | lə-ʾat-tûn} ‘into the furnace’ coupled with nura yaqidta {נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא | nū-rā yā-qid-tā} ‘of fire burning’, expressing the punitive result. The English rendering preserves the Aramaic’s parallel infinitive structure to reflect the immediacy and severity of the king’s command.

Root and etymology

נ־ו־ר🔊 nun–vav–resh

“fire”

• 🔊 נֵרnerlampProverbs 13:9