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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. (KJV)
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עֲנ֗וֹa.Nothey replied
Lemma: עֲנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6032
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to answer
Used 30 times. Also: Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:7, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6032; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 1
שַׁדְרַ֤ךְshad.RakhShadrach
Lemma: שַׁדְרַךְ (shad.rakh) · Strong's: H7715
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Shadrach
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:14, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7715; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 2
מֵישַׁךְ֙mei.shaKhMeshach
Lemma: מֵישַׁךְ (me.shakh) · Strong's: H4336
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Meshach
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:14, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4336; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 3
וַעֲבֵ֣דva.'a.Vedand Abed-
Lemma: עֲבֵד נְגוֹ (a.ved ne.go) · Strong's: H5665
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Abednego
Used 28 times. Also: Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:14, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5665; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 4
נְג֔וֹne.Go-nego
Lemma: עֲבֵד נְגוֹ (a.ved ne.go) · Strong's: H5665
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Abednego
Used 28 times. Also: Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:14, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5665; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 5
וְאָמְרִ֖יןve.'a.me.Rinand [they were] saying
Lemma: אֲמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0560
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVqrmpa)
Meaning: to say
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:4, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 5:15, Jeremiah 10:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0560; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 6
לְמַלְכָּ֑אle.mal.Ka'to king the
נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔רne.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 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5020; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 8
לָֽא\־la'-not
חַשְׁחִ֨יןchash.Chin[are] needing
Lemma: חֲשַׁח (cha.shach) · Strong's: H2818A
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVqrmpa)
Meaning: to need
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2818A; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 10
אֲנַ֧חְנָה'a.Nach.nahwe
Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנָא (a.nach.na) · Strong's: H0586
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (APp1bp)
Meaning: we
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 4:16, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0586; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 11
עַל\־'al-concerning
דְּנָ֛הde.Nahthis
פִּתְגָ֖םpit.Gamaffair
Lemma: פִּתְגָם (pit.gam) · Strong's: H6600
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: edict
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 4:17, Ezra 5:7, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 6:11, Daniel 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6600; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 14
לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ\׃la.ha.ta.vu.Takhto send back to you
Lemma: תּוּב (tuv) · Strong's: H8421I
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (AVhcc)
Meaning: to return: reply
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 5:5, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8421I; TAHOT Daniel 3:16 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Shadrach | → | שַׁדְרַךְ H7715 Shadrach |
| Meshach | → | מֵישַׁךְ H4336 Meshach |
| and Abednego | → | עֲבֵד נְגוֹ H5665 Abednego |
| . . . | → | אֲמַר H0560 to say |
| replied | → | עֲנָה H6032 to answer |
| to the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| O Nebuchadnezzar | → | נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר H5020 Nebuchadnezzar |
| we | → | אֲנַ֫חְנָא H0586 we |
| have | → | לָא H3809 not |
| no need | → | חֲשַׁח H2818A to need |
| to answer you | → | תּוּב H8421I to return: reply |
| in | → | עַל H5922 since |
| this | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| matter | → | פִּתְגָם H6600 edict |
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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