Dan 3:16-18 : 16 {
"verseID": "Daniel.3.16",
"source": "עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃",
"text": "*ʿănô* *shadrak* *mêshak* *waʿăbêd* *nəgô* and *wəʾāmərîn* to the *malkāʾ*, \"*nəbûkadnetzar*, we are not *ḥashḥîn* *ʾănaḥnāh* concerning this *ʿal-dənāh* *pithgām* to *lahăthābûthāk*.\"",
"grammar": {
"*ʿănô*": "perfect 3rd plural - they answered",
"*shadrak*": "proper noun - Shadrach",
"*mêshak*": "proper noun - Meshach",
"*waʿăbêd*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Abed",
"*nəgô*": "proper noun - Nego",
"*wəʾāmərîn*": "conjunction + participle masculine plural - and saying",
"*malkāʾ*": "noun + definite article - the king",
"*nəbûkadnetzar*": "proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar",
"*ḥashḥîn*": "participle masculine plural - needing/required",
"*ʾănaḥnāh*": "1st person plural pronoun - we",
"*ʿal-dənāh*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun - concerning this",
"*pithgām*": "noun - matter/word",
"*lahăthābûthāk*": "preposition + infinitive + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to answer you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿănô*": "answered/responded",
"*wəʾāmərîn*": "and saying/and speaking",
"*ḥashḥîn*": "needing/required/compelled/concerned",
"*ʿal-dənāh*": "concerning this/about this",
"*pithgām*": "matter/word/thing",
"*lahăthābûthāk*": "to answer you/to reply to you"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Daniel.3.17",
"source": "הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א וּמִן־יְדָ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃",
"text": "If *hên* there is *ʾîthay* our *ʾĕlāhanāʾ* whom we *ʾănaḥnāʾ* *pālḥîn*, he is able *yākil* to *ləshêzābûthanāʾ* from the *ʾattûn* of *nûrāʾ* *yāqîdətāʾ*, and from your hand *yədāk*, O *malkāʾ*, he will *yəshêzib*.",
"grammar": {
"*hên*": "conditional particle - if",
"*ʾîthay*": "existential particle - there is",
"*ʾĕlāhanāʾ*": "noun + 1st plural suffix - our god",
"*ʾănaḥnāʾ*": "1st person plural pronoun - we",
"*pālḥîn*": "participle masculine plural - serving/worshiping",
"*yākil*": "participle masculine singular - able",
"*ləshêzābûthanāʾ*": "preposition + infinitive + 1st plural suffix - to deliver us",
"*ʾattûn*": "noun - furnace",
"*nûrāʾ*": "noun - fire",
"*yāqîdətāʾ*": "adjective feminine singular + definite article - burning",
"*yədāk*": "noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*malkāʾ*": "noun + definite article - the king",
"*yəshêzib*": "imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will deliver"
},
"variants": {
"*hên*": "if/behold",
"*ʾîthay*": "there is/exists",
"*ʾĕlāhanāʾ*": "our god/our deity",
"*pālḥîn*": "serve/worship/revere",
"*yākil*": "able/capable",
"*ləshêzābûthanāʾ*": "to deliver us/to rescue us/to save us",
"*ʾattûn*": "furnace/oven",
"*nûrāʾ*": "fire/flame",
"*yāqîdətāʾ*": "burning/blazing",
"*yədāk*": "your hand/your power",
"*yəshêzib*": "he will deliver/he will rescue/he will save"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Daniel.3.18",
"source": "וְהֵ֣ן לָ֔א יְדִ֥יעַ לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֤י לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ לָא־אִיתַ֣נָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א נִסְגֻּֽד׃ ס",
"text": "But if *wəhên* not *lāʾ*, let it be *yədîaʿ* *lehĕwêʾ-lāk*, O *malkāʾ*, that to your *lêʾlāhāk* we will not *ʾîthanāʾ* *pālḥîn*, and to the *tselem* of *dahăbāʾ* which you have *hăqêmtā* we will not *nisgud*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəhên*": "conjunction + conditional particle - but if",
"*lāʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yədîaʿ*": "passive participle masculine singular - known",
"*lehĕwêʾ-lāk*": "preposition + imperfect 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - let it be to you",
"*malkāʾ*": "noun + definite article - the king",
"*lêʾlāhāk*": "preposition + noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your god",
"*ʾîthanāʾ*": "1st plural pronoun - we are",
"*pālḥîn*": "participle masculine plural - serving/worshiping",
"*tselem*": "noun - image/statue",
"*dahăbāʾ*": "noun + definite article - the gold",
"*hăqêmtā*": "perfect 2nd masculine singular - you set up",
"*nisgud*": "imperfect 1st plural - we will worship"
},
"variants": {
"*wəhên*": "but if/and if",
"*yədîaʿ*": "known/acknowledged",
"*lehĕwêʾ-lāk*": "let it be to you/be it known to you",
"*ʾîthanāʾ*": "we are/we will be",
"*pālḥîn*": "serve/worship/revere",
"*tselem*": "image/statue/likeness",
"*hăqêmtā*": "set up/erected/established",
"*nisgud*": "we will worship/we will bow down"
}
}