שְׁנ֑וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שְׁנ֑וֹ

   she-NO

   were changed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ

   LA she-NO

   not were changed
3. clause🔊 וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְגֻבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֡ךְ דִּי֩ לָֽא־שְׁלֵ֨ט נוּרָ֜א בְּגֶשְׁמְה֗וֹן וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙ לָ֣א הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ

   oo-mit-kan-neh-SHEEN a-khash-dar-pe-NA-ya sig-NA-ya oo-fa-kha-va-TA veh-had-VREH mal-KA kha-ZA-yin leh-gub-ra-YA il-LEKH DI la-she-LET nu-RA beh-gesh-me-HON oo-se-AR reh-sha-HON LA hit-kha-RAKH veh-sar-ba-le-HON LA she-NO

   the satraps the prefects or officials and the governors and the counselors of the king and were gathering together were seeing that the fire had no power on their bodies these on the men and hair of their heads not was singed or was scorched and their cloaks not were changed
4. sentence🔊 וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְגֻבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֡ךְ דִּי֩ לָֽא־שְׁלֵ֨ט נוּרָ֜א בְּגֶשְׁמְה֗וֹן וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙ לָ֣א הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ וְרֵ֣יחַ נ֔וּר לָ֥א עֲדָ֖ת בְּהֽוֹן׃

   oo-mit-kan-neh-SHEEN a-khash-dar-pe-NA-ya sig-NA-ya oo-fa-kha-va-TA veh-had-VREH mal-KA kha-ZA-yin leh-gub-ra-YA il-LEKH DI la-she-LET nu-RA beh-gesh-me-HON oo-se-AR reh-sha-HON LA hit-kha-RAKH veh-sar-ba-le-HON LA she-NO veh-REH-akh NUR LA a-DAT beh-HON

   the satraps the prefects or officials and the governors and the counselors of the king and were gathering together were seeing that the fire had no power on their bodies these on the men and hair of their heads not was singed or was scorched and their cloaks not were changed and smell of fire not had come upon them

Exegesis

Within this clause, the negative particle la {לָֽא | lā} precedes Piel perfect verbs—hitcharakh {הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ | hit-ḥă-rā-ḥ} ‘was singed,’ sno {שְׁנ֑וֹ | šə-nô} ‘were changed,’ and adat {עֲדָ֖ת | ʿă-dāṯ} ‘came upon’—to underscore total preservation.