תְּלָתָ֜א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תְּלָתָ֜א

   te-la-TA

   three
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א

   ha-LA guv-RIN te-la-TA

   did we not three men
3. clause🔊 עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר לְהַדָּֽבְר֗וֹהִי הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א רְמֵ֤ינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ מְכַפְּתִ֔ין עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א יַצִּיבָ֖א מַלְכָּֽא׃

   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

   answered said to his counselors did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire answered said to the king true O king
4. sentence🔊 אֱדַ֙יִן֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א תְּוַ֖הּ וְקָ֣ם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר לְהַדָּֽבְר֗וֹהִי הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א רְמֵ֤ינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ מְכַפְּתִ֔ין עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א יַצִּיבָ֖א מַלְכָּֽא׃

   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

   then Nebuchadnezzar the king astonished rose in haste answered said to his counselors did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire answered said to the king true O king

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}).