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Daniel 3:1

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.

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רnevukhadnetsarNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnoun, proper name — “Nebuchadnezzar”H5020{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}Nebuchadnezzar.מַלְכָּ֗אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.עֲבַד֙avaddoעֲבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH5648to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.[idiom] cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.צְלֵ֣םtselemformצֶלֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “form”, the ordinary formH6755an idolatrous figureform, image.דִּֽיdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.דְהַ֔בdehavgoldדְּהַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH1722goldgold(-en).רוּמֵהּ֙rumehheightרוּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “height”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7314(literally) altitudeheight.אַמִּ֣יןamincubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH521{properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)}cubit.שִׁתִּ֔יןshitinthreescoreשִׁתִּיןadjective, cardinal, feminine, plural, absolute — “threescore”, the ordinary formH8361sixtythreescore.פְּתָיֵ֖הּpetayehbreadthפְּתַיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6613open, i.e. (as noun) widthbreadth.אַמִּ֣יןamincubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH521{properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)}cubit.שִׁ֑תshitsixשֵׁתadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8353{six}six(-th).אֲקִימֵהּ֙aqimehriseקוּםverb, aphel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “rise”, a completed actionH6966{to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)}appoint, establish, make, raise up self, (a-) rise (up), (make to) stand, set (up).בְּבִקְעַ֣תbeviqatin plainבִּקְעָאpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in plain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1236{properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains}plain.דּוּרָ֔אduraDuraדּוּרָאnoun, proper name — “Dura”H1757Dura, a place in BabyloniaDura.בִּמְדִינַ֖תbimdinatin provinceמְדִינָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in province”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4083{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}province.בָּבֶֽלbavelBabylonבַּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babylon”H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}Babylon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Nebuchadnezzar the king hath made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits; he hath raised it up in the valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon;

World English Bible

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Darby Translation

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Douay-Rheims

King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura of the province of Babylon.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In his eighteenth year Nabuchodonosor the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Deira, in the province of Babylon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔτους ὀκτωκαιδεκάτου Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίησεν εἰκόνα χρυσῆν, ὕψος αὐτῆς πήχεων ἑξήκοντα, εὖρος αὐτῆς πήχεων ἕξ· καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὴν ἐν πεδίῳ Δεειρᾷ, ἐν χώρᾳ Βαβυλῶνος.