Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children
- noun
- Literature
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Oración de Azarías y Canto de los Tres Niños
- The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children is included in some editions of the Old Testament.
Examples
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The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children is often read during religious services.
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Scholars often analyze the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children for its linguistic and theological elements.
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In my theology class, we studied the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children alongside the Book of Daniel.
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Many scholars study the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children for its historical significance.
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In my theology class, we studied the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children alongside the Book of Daniel.
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The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children is included in some editions of the Old Testament.
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Many scholars study the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children for its historical significance.
Surface Forms
Morphology
prayer + of + Azariah + and + song + of + the + three + child
The phrase is directly compositional: it names a 'prayer' associated with the proper name Azariah and a 'song' associated with 'the three children', so the genitive constructions and lexical meanings make the overall referent clear. While specific cultural or biblical background (who Azariah is or that the text is apocryphal) requires extra knowledge, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the basic meaning and structure.
Etymology
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children is the name for extra passages added to the 'Book of Daniel'. One part, the Prayer of Azariah, is a short prayer and the Song of the Three Children is a hymn the three young men sing after they are saved from a hot furnace, so the title points to those prayer and song sections that appear in some Bibles.
