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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. (KJV)
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קֳבֵ֤לko.Velbecause
Lemma: קֳבֵל (qe.vel) · Strong's: H6903H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: before: because
Used 22 times. Also: Ezra 4:14, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:17, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6903H; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 1
דְּנָה֙de.Nahthis
זִמְנָ֔אzim.Na'time the
Lemma: זְמַן (ze.man) · Strong's: H2166
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: time
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Daniel 2:16, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2166; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 3
קְרִ֖בוּke.Ri.vuthey approached
Lemma: קְרֵב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7127
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to approach
Used 9 times. Also: Ezra 6:10, Ezra 6:17, Ezra 7:17, Daniel 3:26, Daniel 6:12, Daniel 6:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7127; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 4
גֻּבְרִ֣יןguv.Rinmen
Lemma: גְּבַר (ge.var) · Strong's: H1400
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: man
Used 21 times. Also: Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:4, Ezra 5:10, Ezra 6:8, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1400; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 5
כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑יןkas.da.'InChaldean
Lemma: כַּשְׂדַּי (kas.day) · Strong's: H3779
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANgmpa)
Meaning: Chaldean
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 2:10, Daniel 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3779; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 6
וַאֲכַ֥לוּva.'a.Kha.luand they ate
Lemma: אֲכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0399
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to devour
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 4:33, Daniel 6:24, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19, Daniel 7:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0399; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 7
קַרְצֵיה֖וֹןkar.tzei.Honpieces their
Lemma: קְרַץ (qe.rats) · Strong's: H7170
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: charges
Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 6:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7170; TAHOT Daniel 3:8 word 8
דִּ֥יdiof
יְהוּדָיֵֽא\׃ye.hu.da.Ye'Jews the
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| At this time | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| . . . | → | זְמַן H2166 time |
| some astrologers | → | כַּשְׂדַּי H3779 Chaldean |
| came forward | → | קְרֵב H7127 to approach |
| . . . | → | גְּבַר H1400 man |
| and maliciously | → | אֲכַל H0399 to devour |
| accused | → | קְרַץ H7170 charges |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| the Jews | → | יְהוּדַי H3062 Jew |
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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