Daniel 3:24:11Dan.3.24.W11TAB
גֻבְרִ֨ין
guvrin
“men”
- Transliteration
- guv-RIN
- Extended
- goov-REEN
- IPA
- /ɣuvˈriːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
guv-RIN
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LA guv-RIN te-la-TA
- clause
a-NE ve-a-MAR leh-had-dav-ROH-hee ha-LA guv-RIN te-la-TA re-MEE-na le-GO-NU-ra me-khap-TEEN a-NA-yin ve-am-RIN le-mal-KA ya-tsi-VA mal-KA
- sentence
e-DA-yin ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA te-VAH ve-KAM be-hit-be-ha-LA a-NE ve-a-MAR leh-had-dav-ROH-hee ha-LA guv-RIN te-la-TA re-MEE-na le-GO-NU-ra me-khap-TEEN a-NA-yin ve-am-RIN le-mal-KA ya-tsi-VA mal-KA
Exegesis
The speech frame aneh veamar {עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר | ʿā-neh wə-ʾāmar} introduces a rhetorical question using the particle hala {הֲלָא֩ | ha-lāʾ}, asking if three men (guvrin telata {גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א | guv-rīn tə-lā-tā}) bound (mekapptin {מְכַפְּתִ֔ין | mə-kap-pə-tīn}) were thrown (remeina {רְמֵ֤ינָא | rə-mē-nā}) into the midst of fire (lego nura {לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ | lə-gō nū-rā}).
Root and etymology
Rootg-b-r
“man, strong one”
In context — Daniel 3:24
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in alarm. He answered and said to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "Certainly, O king."
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 3:24, so the Hebrew word גֻבְרִ֨ין (guvrin) 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.3.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.24.W11.S1) and character.