Daniel 3:24:19Dan.3.24.W19TAB
יַצִּיבָ֖א
yatsiva
“true”
- Transliteration
- ya-tsi-VA
- Extended
- yah-tsee-VAA
- IPA
- /jats.siːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- true
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-tsi-VA
- 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 counselors’ response anayin veomrin yatsiva {עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין יַצִּיבָ֖א | ʿā-na-yīn wə-ʾom-rīn yaṣ-ṣi-ḇā} ‘They answered and said, “True”’ follows the Aramaic court affirmation formula.
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 3:24:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Daniel 3:24, so the Hebrew word יַצִּיבָ֖א (yatsiva) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.24.W19.S1) and character.