דַּחֲוָה
da.cha.vah
H1761
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Hebrew
diversion
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Hebrew
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da.cha.vah denotes diversions, attested as a plural noun in a verse about the king's hurried visit to the lions' den.
The lone attestation presents da.cha.vah as a feminine plural noun for diversions; its precise contribution is not isolated by the translation.
Senses in use
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Diversions in a royal crisis · dominant
In Daniel 6:19, the feminine plural form occurs in the verse where the king rises at dawn and goes hurriedly to the lions' den. The APB renders the verse, "Then at dawn the king arose with the light and went in haste to the den of lions," but does not make the noun's individual contribution clear.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 6:19, the APB presents the king's dawn departure and haste to the lions' den, without an identifiable word-for-word rendering of this noun.