Daniel 6:3:15Dan.6.3.W15TAB
לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א
laleheve
“would not be”
- Transliteration
- la-le-he-VE
- Extended
- laa-leh-heh-VEE
- IPA
- /laː.lɛhɛˈweː/
Meaning by language
- English
- would not be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
la-le-he-VE
- phraseyour reading level
la-le-he-VE na-ZIK
- clause
di-le-he-VON a-khash-dar-pe-na-IA il-EN ya-ha-VIN le-HON ta-e-MA u-mal-KA la-le-he-VE na-ZIK
- sentence
ve-el-LA min-ne-HON sar-KHIN te-la-TA DI da-ni-EL khad-min-ne-HON di-le-he-VON a-khash-dar-pe-na-IA il-EN ya-ha-VIN le-HON ta-e-MA u-mal-KA la-le-he-VE na-ZIK
Exegesis
The final clause u-malka la-lehevei nazik {וּמַלְכָּ֖א לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק | u-mal-kāʾ lā-le-he-vēʾ nā-zîq} ‘and the king did not find him faulty’ uses the negative particle lā with the Peal imperfect and adjective to convey the king’s judgment. Together the structure highlights hierarchical oversight culminating in Daniel’s exemplary approval.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“God, deity”
In context — Daniel 6:3
The king appointed three officials over them , one of whom was Daniel, and these satraps provided them rations . And the king found no fault in him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 6:3, so the Hebrew word לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א (laleheve) 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.6.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.3.W15.S1) and character.