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Daniel 2:1-12

1Andinthesecondyearוּבִשְׁנַ֣תu.vish.NatH8141ofthereignלְמַלְכוּת֙le.mal.KhutH4438ofNebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּ֔רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019,Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019dreamedחָלַ֥םcha.LamH2492dreamsחֲלֹמ֑וֹתcha.lo.MotH2472;andhisspiritרוּח֔וֹru.ChoH7307wasH1961troubledוַתִּתְפָּ֣עֶםva.tit.Pa.'emH6470,andhissleepוּשְׁנָת֖וֹu.she.na.ToH8142wentfromhim.

2Thenthekingהַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhH4428commandedtocallH7121themagiciansH2748,andtheenchanters,andthesorcerersוְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ve.lam.kha.she.FimH3784,andtheChaldeansוְלַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםve.la.kas.DimH3778,totellלְהַגִּ֥ידle.ha.GidH5046thekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428hisdreamsחֲלֹמֹתָ֑יוcha.lo.mo.TavH2472.SotheycameH935inandstoodH5975beforethekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

3Andthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559untothem,Ihavedreamedחָלָ֑מְתִּיcha.La.me.tiH2492adreamחֲל֣וֹםcha.LomH2472,andmyspiritרוּחִ֔יru.ChiH7307istroubledוַתִּפָּ֣עֶםva.ti.Pa.'emH6470toknowלָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atH3045thedreamהַחֲלֽוֹם׃ha.cha.LomH2472.

4ThenspaketheChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֛יםha.kas.DimH3778tothekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428intheSyrian language, OkingH4428,liveחֱיִ֔יche.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֣יןle.'al.MinH5957:tellthyservantsלְעַבְדָ֖ךְle.'av.da.yikhH5649thedreamחֶלְמָ֛אchel.Ma'H2493,andwewillshowtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥אu.fish.Ra'H6591.

5Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560totheChaldeansלְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔יle.khas.da.'eiH3779,Thethingisgonefromme:ifyemakeתְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙te.hod.'u.Na.niH3046notknownH3046unto methedreamחֶלְמָ֣אchel.Ma'H2493andtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof, ye shall be cutinpieces,andyourhousesH1005shall bemadeH3046adunghill.

6Butifye showthedreamחֶלְמָ֤אchel.Ma'H2493andtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, ye shallreceiveתְּקַבְּל֖וּןte.ka.be.LunH6902ofmegiftsמַתְּנָ֤ןma.te.NanH4978andrewardsandgreatשַׂגִּ֔יאsa.Gi'H7690honorוִיקָ֣רvi.KarH3367: therefore showmethedreamחֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'H2493andtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof.

7Theyansweredthesecondtimeandsaidוְאָמְרִ֑יןve.'a.me.RinH560, Letthekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430tellיֵאמַ֥רye.MarH560hisservantsלְעַבְד֖וֹהִיle.'av.Do.hiH5649thedreamחֶלְמָ֛אchel.Ma'H2493,andwewillshowtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

8Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560,Iknowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3046ofacertaintythatye would gaintimeH5732,becauseyeseeH2370thethingisgonefromme.

9Butifyemakeתְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִיte.hod.'u.Na.niH3046notknownוְֽאִנְדַּ֕עve.'in.Da'H3046untomethedreamחֶלְמָא֩chel.Ma'H2493,thereisbutoneחֲדָה־cha.dah-H2298lawH1882foryou;forye have prepared lyingandcorruptwordsוּמִלָּ֨הu.mi.LahH4406tospeakbeforeme, tillthetimeעִדָּנָ֖א'i.da.Na'H5732bechangedH8133: thereforetellH560methedreamחֶלְמָא֙chel.Ma'H2493,andIshallknowH3046thatyecanshowmetheinterpretationפִשְׁרֵ֖הּfish.RehH6591thereof.

10TheChaldeansכַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhas.da.iH3779answeredbeforethekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,andsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560,ThereisnotamanH606upontheearththatcanshowtheking’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430matterH4406, forasmuchasnokingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4430, lord,orruler, hathaskedשְׁאֵ֔לshe.'ElH7593suchathingofanymagicianH2749,orenchanter,orChaldeanוְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ve.khas.DaiH3779.

11Anditisa rarethingthatthekingמַלְכָּ֤הmal.Kah'H4430requireth,andthereisnootherthatcanshowitbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,exceptthegodsאֱלָהִ֔ין'e.la.HinH426,whosedwellingמְדָ֣רְה֔וֹןme.Da.re.HonH4070isnotwithflesh.

12Forthiscausethekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430wasangryandveryfurious,andcommandedtodestroyלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.DahH7allthewiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

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