Daniel 3:24:6Dan.3.24.W6TAB
בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה
behitbehala
“in haste”
- Transliteration
- be-hit-be-ha-LA
- Extended
- beh-hihth-beh-haa-LAA
- IPA
- /bəhiθ.bəhaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in haste
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-hit-be-ha-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KAM be-hit-be-ha-LA
- 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 3:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 3:24, so the Hebrew word בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה (behitbehala) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.24.W6.S1) and character.