Lexicon
אֲזָא
a.za
H0228
A:V Hebrew

to heat

3
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.za describes making a furnace hotter and its resulting heated condition in Daniel.

The attested uses concern intensifying a furnace's heat and describing that furnace as exceedingly heated in the same episode.

Senses in use

  1. Heating a furnace to greater intensity · dominant

    In Daniel 3:19, two Qal infinitive-construct forms occur in the king's command concerning the furnace. The APB renders the clause, "that the furnace be heated seven times more than it was seen fit to heat it." In Daniel 3:22, the Qal passive participle describes the furnace's condition; the APB says "the furnace was heated exceedingly."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms through "be heated," "to heat," and "was heated exceedingly" in the furnace clauses. These phrases confirm the scene's heating language rather than assign a separate English rendering to each form.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture