Daniel

Daniel 2:4

⁴Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic,^b “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Footnotes

b 2:4 The original text from this point of Daniel 2:4|DAN 2:4through Daniel 7:28 is in Aramaic.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the astrologers	הַכַּשְׂדִּ֛ים	hak·kaś·dîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
answered	וַֽיְדַבְּר֧וּ	way·ḏab·bə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1696 speak
the king	לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
in Aramaic	אֲרָמִ֑ית	’ă·rā·mîṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H762 in Aramaic
O king	מַלְכָּא֙	mal·kā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H4430 king
may you live	חֱיִ֔י	ḥĕ·yî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2418 live
forever	לְעָלְמִ֣ין	lə·‘ā·lə·mîn	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5957 perpetuity, antiquity
Tell	אֱמַ֥ר	’ĕ·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H560 say, tell, command
your servants	לְעַבְדַּיִךְ	lə·ʿaḇ·da·yiḵ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5649 slave, servant
the dream	חֶלְמָ֛א	ḥel·mā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H2493 dream
and we will give	נְחַוֵּֽא׃	nə·ḥaw·wê	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural	H2324 show
the interpretation	וּפִשְׁרָ֥א	ū·p̄iš·rā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular determinate	H6591 interpretation

Cross-references

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Daniel 3:9 · Daniel 5:10 · Ezra 4:7 · Isaiah 36:11 · Daniel 6:6 · 1 Kings 1:31 · Daniel 6:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.