Daniel 3:23:9Dan.3.23.W9TAB
לְגֽוֹא־אַתּוּן־נוּרָ֥א
lehgohahtoonnooraa
“into the furnace of fire”
- Transliteration
- leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA
- Extended
- leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA
- IPA
- /lə.ɣoː.ʔa.tuːn.nuːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the furnace of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA
- phraseyour reading level
leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA yaa-KID-TAA
- clause
ne-fa-LU leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA yaa-KID-TAA me-khap-TEEN
- sentence
ve-guv-ra-YA i-LEKH teh-lah-TEH-hohn shad-RAKH me-SHAKH va-a-VED ne-GO ne-fa-LU leh-GOH-ah-TOON-noo-RAA yaa-KID-TAA me-khap-TEEN
Exegesis
The destination phrase lə-gōʾ-ʾattūn-nūrā {לְגוֹא־אַתּוּן־נוּרָא | lə-gōʾ-ʾattūn-nūrā} ‘into the midst of the furnace of fire’ places the men not merely near the furnace but inside its interior, heightening the peril.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–vav–aleph
“inside, middle”
In context — Daniel 3:23
And these three men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego—fell, bound , into the midst of the furnace of fire that was burning.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 3:23, so the Hebrew word לְגֽוֹא־אַתּוּן־נוּרָ֥א (lehgohahtoonnooraa) 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.3.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.23.W9.S1) and character.