Daniel 3:21:2Dan.3.21.W2TAB
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א
guvraya
“the men”
- Transliteration
- guv-ra-YA
- Extended
- guhv-rah-YAA
- IPA
- /ɡuv.raˈjɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
guv-ra-YA
- phraseyour reading level
guv-ra-YA i-LEKH
- clause
be-a-da-YIN guv-ra-YA i-LEKH ke-fi-TU be-sar-ba-LEI-hon pa-ti-SHEI-HON pat-te-SHEI-HON ve-khar-be-LAT-hon u-le-vu-SHEI-HON
- sentence
be-a-da-YIN guv-ra-YA i-LEKH ke-fi-TU be-sar-ba-LEI-hon pa-ti-SHEI-HON pat-te-SHEI-HON ve-khar-be-LAT-hon u-le-vu-SHEI-HON u-re-MI-u le-go-A-tuN nu-RA ya-kid-TA
Exegesis
The noun guvrayya {גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א | guḇ-ray-yā} ‘the men’ is specified by the demonstrative illekh {אִלֵּ֗ךְ | ʾil-lēḵ} ‘these’.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ר
“to be strong”
In context — Daniel 3:21
Then these men were bound in their cloaks , their turbans, their mantles , and their other garments, and were thrown into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 3:21, so the Hebrew word גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א (guvraya) 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.3.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.21.W2.S1) and character.