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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. (KJV)
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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzar
Lemma: נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר (ne.vu.khad.nets.tsar) · Strong's: H5020
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Nebuchadnezzar
Used 31 times. Also: Ezra 5:12, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:5, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:46, Daniel 3:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5020; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 1
מַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'king the
עֲבַד֙'a.Vadhe made
Lemma: עֲבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5648
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 28 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5648; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 3
צְלֵ֣םtze.Leman image
Lemma: צְלֵם (tse.lem) · Strong's: H6755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: image
Used 17 times. Also: Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:32, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6755; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 4
דִּֽי\־di-of
דְהַ֔בde.Havgold
Lemma: דְּהַב (de.hav) · Strong's: H1722
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 23 times. Also: Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:5, Ezra 7:15, Ezra 7:16, Ezra 7:18, Daniel 2:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1722; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 6
רוּמֵהּ֙ru.Mehheight its
Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7314
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: height
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 6:3, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7314; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 7
אַמִּ֣ין'a.Min[was] cubits
Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0521
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: cubit
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0521; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 8
שִׁתִּ֔יןshi.Tinsixty
Lemma: שִׁתִּין (shit.tin) · Strong's: H8361
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AAcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 6:3, Daniel 5:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8361; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 9
פְּתָיֵ֖הּpe.ta.Yehwidth its
Lemma: פְּתָי (pe.tay) · Strong's: H6613
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: breadth
Used 2 times. Also: Ezra 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6613; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 10
אַמִּ֣ין'a.Min[was] cubits
Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0521
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: cubit
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0521; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 11
שִׁ֑תShitsix
Lemma: שֵׁת (shet) · Strong's: H8353
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAcbsa)
Meaning: six
Used 2 times. Also: Ezra 6:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8353; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 12
אֲקִימֵהּ֙'a.ki.Mehhe set up it
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6966I
Parsing: Verb · Aphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVap3ms)
Meaning: to stand: establish
Used 25 times. Also: Ezra 6:18, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6966I; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 13
בְּבִקְעַ֣תbe.vik.'Aton [the] plain of
Lemma: בִּקְעָא (biq.a) · Strong's: H1236
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: plain
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1236; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 14
דּוּרָ֔אdu.Ra'Dura
Lemma: דּוּרָא (du.ra) · Strong's: H1757
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (ANpl)
Meaning: Dura
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1757; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 15
בִּמְדִינַ֖תbim.di.Natin [the] province of
Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: province
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:2, Ezra 7:16, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4083; TAHOT Daniel 3:1 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| Nebuchadnezzar | → | נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר H5020 Nebuchadnezzar |
| made | → | עֲבַד H5648 to make |
| a golden | → | דְּהַב H1722 gold |
| statue | → | צְלֵם H6755 image |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| sixty | → | שִׁתִּין H8361 sixty |
| cubits | → | אַמָּה H0521 cubit |
| high | → | רוּם H7314 height |
| and six | → | שֵׁת H8353 six |
| cubits | → | אַמָּה H0521 cubit |
| wide | → | פְּתָי H6613 breadth |
| and he set it up | → | קוּם H6966I to stand: establish |
| on the plain | → | בִּקְעָא H1236 plain |
| of Dura | → | דּוּרָא H1757 Dura |
| in the province | → | מְדִינָה H4083 province |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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