Daniel 3:21:5Dan.3.21.W5TAB

בְּסַרְבָּלֵיהוֹן֙

besarbaleihon

in their trousers

Transliteration
be-sar-ba-LEI-hon
Extended
beh-sahr-bah-LAY-hohn
IPA
/bə.sar.bɑːˈleː.hon/

Meaning by language

English
in their trousers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + סַרְ + בָּ + לֵי + הוֹן֙
be + sar + ba + lei + hon
besarbaleihon

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-sar-ba-LEI-hon

  2. 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

  3. 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

A series of clothing terms—bə-sarbalēhōn {בְּסַרְבָּלֵיהוֹן֙ | bə-sar-bal-ê-hōn}, paṭtišēhōn {פַּטִּישֵׁיה֔וֹן | paṭ-ti-šê-hōn}, wə-karbəlāthōn {וְכַרְבְּלָתְה֖וֹן | wə-kar-bə-lāṯ-hōn}, û-lə-bušēhōn {וּלְבוּשֵׁיה֑וֹן | û-lə-bu-šê-hōn}—emphasizes their full attire before the peril.

Root and etymology

s-r-b-lsamekh–resh–beth–lamed

outer garment

In contextDaniel 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 3:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 3:21, so the Hebrew word בְּסַרְבָּלֵיהוֹן֙ (besarbaleihon) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.21.W5.S1) and character.