Daniel 3:24:4Dan.3.24.W4TAB
תְּוַ֖הּ
tevah
“astonished”
- Transliteration
- te-VAH
- Extended
- teh-VAH
- IPA
- /təˈwahː/
Meaning by language
- English
- astonished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
te-VAH
- clause
e-DA-yin ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA te-VAH ve-KAM be-hit-be-ha-LA
- 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 verbs tevah {תְּוַ֖הּ | tə-vaḥ} ‘was astonished’ and veqam {וְקָ֣ם | wə-qām} ‘and arose’ use Peal perfect aspect to describe completed actions, while behitbehalah {בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה | bə-hit-bə-hā-lā} ‘in alarm’ conveys urgency.
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 3:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 3:24, so the Hebrew word תְּוַ֖הּ (tevah) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.24.W4.S1) and character.