אֲזָא ʼăzâʼ — to kindle

pronounced az-zaw' · Strong's H228 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as heat, hot.

(Aramaic) or אֲזָה (Aramaic); to kindle; (by implication) to heat.

ʼăzâʼ in each stem

Pe'al 3×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 2Participle (passive) 1

לְמֵזֵ֣א Dan 3:19 Infinitive construct

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. (KJV)

אֵזֵ֣ה Dan 3:22 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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