Daniel 3:7:23Dan.3.7.W23TAB
דַּהֲבָ֔א
dahava
“gold”
- Transliteration
- da-ha-VA
- Extended
- dah-hah-VAA
- IPA
- /da.hăˈvɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-ha-VA
- phraseyour reading level
le-TSE-lem da-ha-VA
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The relative clause di haqem nebukhadnetsar malka ‘which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up’ identifies the object tselem dahava {לְצֶלֶם דַּהֲבָא | le-tselem dahava} ‘the golden image’. English SVO order renders the participial sequence as consecutive events, preserving the original’s causality and inclusivity.
Root and etymology
d-h-bdalet–heh–bet
“gold”
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 3:7:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Daniel 3:7, so the Hebrew word דַּהֲבָ֔א (dahava) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.7.W23.S1) and character.