Daniel 3:14

“Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that my gods you do not serve, and to the image of gold that I set up you do not bow down?”

Daniel 3:14 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 3:14, word by word

Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.

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answeredעָנֵהane

answer

To answer, to speak up in reply.

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and saidאָמַרamar

say

To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).

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“Is it trueצְדָּאtseda

purpose; is it true?

Purpose (Aramaic); in a question, "is it on purpose?", "is it true?".

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Shadrachשַׁדְרַךְshadrach

Shadrach

Shadrach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Hananiah, one of Daniel's companions.

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Meshachמֵישַׁךְmeshach

Meshach

Meshach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Mishael, one of Daniel's companions.

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and Abednegoעֲבֵדaved

Abednego

Abednego (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's companions.

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that my godsאלָהַlaha

Elah, God, god

Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.

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you do notאִיתֵיite

there is

There is, there exists (Aramaic). With "not": "there is not", "you will not have".

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serveפָּלְחִיןpalchin

serve

To serve (Aramaic), above all in worship; "servants" of the house of God.

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and to the imageצֶלֶםtselem

statue

A statue, like the one in the king's dream.

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of goldדַּהֲבָdahava

gold

Gold (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zahav".

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I set upהֲקֵימֶתhakemet

set up

To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).

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bow downסָגְדִיןsagdin

bow down, worship

To bow down, to prostrate oneself in worship (Aramaic).

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The context

13Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and fury said to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; then they brought these men before the king.

14 · This verse (above)

15Now if you are ready at the moment that you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the sambuca, the psaltery, and the bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and bow down to the image that I made, good; but if you do not bow down, at that very moment you will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing; and who is the Elah who will deliver you from my hands?”

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