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Daniel 2:20-28

20Danielדָֽנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560,Blessedbethenameשְׁמֵ֤הּshe.MehH8036ofGodאֱלָהָא֙'e.la.Ha'H426foreverH5957andeverH5957;forwisdomH2452andmightarehis.

21AndhechangeththetimesH2166andtheseasons;heremovethkingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430,andsetteth upkingsמַלְכִ֑יןmal.KhinH4430;hegivethwisdomH2452untothewiseלְחַכִּימִ֔יןle.cha.ki.MinH2445,andknowledgetothemthathaveunderstanding;

22herevealeththedeepandsecret things;heknowethwhatisinthedarkness,andthelight dwellethwithhim.

23Ithank thee,andpraisethee, O thouGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofmyfathersאֲבָהָתִ֗י'a.va.ha.TiH2,whohastgivenmewisdomH2452andmight,andhastnowוּכְעַ֤ןu.khe.'AnH3705madeH3046knownH3046untomewhatwedesiredofthee;forthou hastmadeH3046knownH3046unto ustheking’sמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430matterמִלַּ֥תmi.LatH4406.

24ThereforeDanielדָּֽנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841wentinuntoAriochאַרְי֔וֹךְ'ar.YokhH746,whomthekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430hadappointedמַנִּ֣יma.NiH4483todestroyלְהוֹבָדָ֖הle.hoa.DahH7thewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶ֑לva.VelH895;hewentandsaidH560thusuntohim:Destroyתְּהוֹבֵ֔דte.ho.VedH7notthewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֤יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶל֙va.VelH895;bringH5954meinbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430,andIwillshow untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֥אle.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֖אu.fish.Ra'H6591.

25Thenאֱדַ֤יִן'e.Da.yinH116Ariochאַרְיוֹךְ֙'ar.yoKhH746broughtH5954inDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֖אלle.da.ni.YelH1841beforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430inhasteבְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔הbe.hit.be.ha.LahH927,andsaidH560thusuntohim,IhavefoundH7912amanגְּבַר֙ge.VarH1400ofthechildrenofthecaptivityofJudahיְה֔וּדye.HudH3061,thatwillmakeיְהוֹדַֽע׃ye.ho.Da'H3046knownH3046untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֥אle.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationפִשְׁרָ֖אfish.Ra'H6591.

26Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560toDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֔אלle.da.ni.YelH1841,whosenameשְׁמֵ֖הּshe.MehH8036wasBelteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1096, Art thouableכָּהֵ֗לka.HelH3546tomakeלְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִיle.ho.da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046unto methedreamחֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'H2493whichIhaveseenH2370,andtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃u.fish.RehH6591thereof?

27Danielדָנִיֵּ֛אלda.ni.YelH1841answeredbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,andsaidוְאָמַ֑רve.'a.MarH560,Thesecretwhichthekingמַלְכָּ֣אmal.Ka'H4430hathdemandedcanneitherwiseחַכִּימִ֣יןcha.ki.MinH2445men, enchanters,magiciansחַרְטֻמִּין֙char.tu.MinH2749,norsoothsayers, show untothekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430;

28butthereisaGodאֱלָ֤הּ'e.LahH426inheavenבִּשְׁמַיָּא֙bish.mai.Ya'H8065thatrevealeth secrets,andhehathmadeH3046knownH3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּא֙le.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020whatshallbeinthelatterdaysיוֹמַיָּ֑אyo.mai.Ya'H3118. Thydreamחֶלְמָ֨ךְchel.MakhH2493,andthevisionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376ofthyheadרֵאשָׁ֛ךְre.ShakhH7217upon thybedמִשְׁכְּבָ֖ךְmish.ke.VakhH4903,arethese:

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