Daniel 5:4:8Dan.5.4.W8TAB
פַרְזְלָ֖א
farzelaa
“iron”
- Transliteration
- far-ze-LAA
- Extended
- fahr-zeh-LAA
- IPA
- /farzəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- iron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
far-ze-LAA
- phraseyour reading level
neh-kha-SHAA far-ze-LAA
- clause
ve-shab-ba-KHOO leh-e-la-HEE da-ha-BAA ve-khas-PAA neh-kha-SHAA far-ze-LAA aa-AA ve-av-NAA
- sentence
ish-TEEV kham-RAA ve-shab-ba-KHOO leh-e-la-HEE da-ha-BAA ve-khas-PAA neh-kha-SHAA far-ze-LAA aa-AA ve-av-NAA
Exegesis
A series of nouns—daḥbāʾ {דַּהֲבָ֧א | da-ḥă-bāʾ} ‘gold’, kaspāʾ {כַסְפָּ֛א | kas-pāʾ} ‘silver’, neḥāšāʾ {נְחָשָׁ֥א | ne-ḥā-šāʾ} ‘bronze’, parzelāʾ {פַרְזְלָ֖א | par-ze-lāʾ} ‘iron’, ʾāʿā {אָעָ֥א | ʾā-ʿā} ‘wood’, and avnāʾ {אַבְנָֽא | av-nāʾ} ‘stone’—appears without conjunctions until the final ve ‘and’, heightening cumulative effect. The English renders the asyndetic list and preserves Aramaic word order to maintain rhetorical buildup.
In context — Daniel 5:4
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 5:4, so the Hebrew word פַרְזְלָ֖א (farzelaa) 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.5.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.4.W8.S1) and character.