Daniel 3:27:23Dan.3.27.W23TAB
לָ֥א
la
“not”
- Transliteration
- LA
- Extended
- LAA
- IPA
- /lɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LA
- phraseyour reading level
LA a-DAT
- clause
veh-REH-akh NUR LA a-DAT beh-HON
- sentence
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
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.
Root and etymology
š-l-ṭš-l-ṭ
“to have power”
In context — Daniel 3:27
And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors assembled and examined the men, and they saw that the fire had no power over their bodies, nor was any hair of their heads singed, nor were their garments altered, nor had the smell of fire come upon them.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:27:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Daniel 3:27, so the Hebrew word לָ֥א (la) 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.3.27.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.27.W23.S1) and character.