Daniel 3:7:16Dan.3.7.W16TAB
זְמָרָ֑א
zemara
“music”
- Transliteration
- ze-ma-RA
- Extended
- zeh-mah-RAA
- IPA
- /zə.maːˈrɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- music
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ze-ma-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ze-NE ze-ma-RA
- clause
KOL-ko-VEL de-NA BEH-zim-NA ke-DI sha-me-IN KOL-a-me-mai-YA KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA ki-ta-RES kat-ROS sab-be-KHA pe-san-te-RIN ve-KHOL ze-NE ze-ma-RA
- sentence
KOL-ko-VEL de-NA BEH-zim-NA ke-DI sha-me-IN KOL-a-me-mai-YA KAL kar-NA mash-ro-ki-TA ki-ta-RES kat-ROS sab-be-KHA pe-san-te-RIN ve-KHOL ze-NE ze-ma-RA na-fe-LIN KOL-a-me-mai-YA u-mai-YA ve-li-sha-nai-YA sag-DIN le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA DI ha-KEM ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA
Root and etymology
z-m-rz-m-r
“to sing or make music”
In context — Daniel 3:7
Therefore, at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon, the harp, the psalteries, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 3:7, so the Hebrew word זְמָרָ֑א (zemara) 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.3.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.7.W16.S1) and character.