Daniel 3:5:16Dan.3.5.W16TAB
לְצֶ֣לֶם
lehtselem
“to the image”
- Transliteration
- leh-TSE-lem
- Extended
- leh-TSEH-lehm
- IPA
- /ləˈtsɛ.lɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the image
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
leh-TSE-lem
- phraseyour reading level
leh-TSE-lem dah-ha-VA
- clause
tip-le-UN veh-tis-ge-DOON leh-TSE-lem dah-ha-VA DI ha-KIM neh-voo-khad-neh-TSAR mal-KA
- sentence
beh-ih-DDA-nah dee-TISH-me-UN KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA kih-teh-ROS kaht-ROHS sab-be-KHA peh-sahn-TEH-reen soom-po-NYA veh-KHOL zeh-NEE ze-ma-RA tip-le-UN veh-tis-ge-DOON leh-TSE-lem dah-ha-VA DI ha-KIM neh-voo-khad-neh-TSAR mal-KA
Exegesis
The object is le-tselem dahava {לְצֶלֶם דַּהֲבָא | lə-ṣe-lem dahă-bā} “the gold image,” modified by the relative clause di haqim {דִּי הֲקֵים | dî ha-qēm} “that he has set up,” where Nebuchadnezzar nebuchadnetsar {נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר | nə-bu-ḵad-net-ṣar} is identified as malka {מַלְכָּא | mal-kā}. The English rendering preserves the temporal structure first, followed by the imperative commands, then the object and its agent for clarity.
Root and etymology
ṣ-l-mTsade–Lamed–Mem
“image, likeness”
In context — Daniel 3:5
At the time that you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, harp, trigon, psalteries, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up .
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 3:5, so the Hebrew word לְצֶ֣לֶם (lehtselem) 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.3.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.5.W16.S1) and character.