ThenבֵּאדַיִןNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרcame nearקְרֵבto the doorלִתְרַעof the furnaceאַתּוּןof fireנוּרָאblazing;יָקִדְתָּאhe answeredעָנֵהand said,וְאָמַר“Shadrach,שַׁדְרַךְMeshach,מֵישַׁךְand Abednego,וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹservantsעַבְדוֹהִיof Elah Illaya,דִּי אֱלָהָא עִלָּאָהcome outפֻּקוּand come!”וֶאֱתוֹThenבֵּאדַיִןShadrach,שַׁדְרַךְMeshach,מֵישַׁךְand Abednegoוַעֲבֵד נְגוֹcame outנָפְקִיןfrom the midstמִן גּוֹאof the fire.נוּרָא
Daniel 3:26
Study it in the app“Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of fire blazing; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of Elah Illaya, come out and come!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 3:26, word by word
- Thenאדַיִןdayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “dayin” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar
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.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- came nearקְרֵבkerev
approach
To approach someone.
Where else “kerev” appears- to the doorתְרַעtera
door
An opening to go into a place.
Where else “tera” appears- of the furnaceאַתּוּןatun
furnace
Furnace (Aramaic): a large oven with fire.
Where else “atun” appears- of fireנוּרָnura
fire
Fire (Aramaic).
Where else “nura” appears- blazingיָקִדְתָּyakidta
burn
To burn, to blaze (Aramaic).
Where else “yakidta” appears- he answeredעָנֵהane
answer
To answer, to speak up in reply.
Where else “ane” appears- and saidאָמַרamar
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amar” appears- “Shadrachשַׁדְרַךְshadrach
Shadrach
Shadrach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Hananiah, one of Daniel's companions.
Where else “shadrach” appears- Meshachמֵישַׁךְmeshach
Meshach
Meshach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Mishael, one of Daniel's companions.
Where else “meshach” appears- and Abednegoעֲבֵדaved
Abednego
Abednego (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's companions.
Where else “aved” appears- servantsעַבְדוֹavdo
servant
Servant (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "eved".
Where else “avdo” appears- of Elah Illayaאֱלָהָelaha
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.
Where else “elaha” appears- of Elah Illayaעִלָּאָilaa
Most High, Illaya
Illaya (Aramaic): "the Most High", the highest; a title of God.
Where else “ilaa” appears- come outפֻּקוּpuku
go out
To go out from a place, whether a person or an order.
Where else “puku” appears- and comeאֱתוֹeto
come
To appear or arrive before someone or at a time.
Where else “eto” appears- from the midstגּוֹאgo
midst, within
The middle, the inside (Aramaic): "within".
Where else “go” appears
The context
25He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
26 · This verse (above)
27And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors and the advisers of the king were gathered and were seeing these men, that the fire had not had power over their bodies, and the hair of their head was not singed, and their cloaks had not changed, and the smell of fire had not passed on them.