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Daniel 2:21-38

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:

29asforthee, Okingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430, thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָךְ֙ra'.yo.noKhH7476came into thy mind upon thybedמִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְmish.ke.VakhH4903,whatshouldcometopass hereafter;andhethatrevealeth secrets hathmadeH3046knownH3046totheewhatshall cometopass.

30Butasforme,thissecretisnotrevealedגֱּלִ֣יge.LiH1541tomeforanywisdomבְחָכְמָה֙ve.cha.khe.MahH2452thatIhavemoreמִן־min-H4481thananyliving,buttotheintentthattheinterpretationפִשְׁרָא֙fish.Ra'H6591maybemadeיְהוֹדְע֔וּןye.hod.'UnH3046knownתִּנְדַּֽע׃tin.Da'H3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּ֣אle.mal.Ka'H4430,andthatthou mayestknowH3046thethoughtsוְרַעְיוֹנֵ֥יve.ra'.yo.NeiH7476ofthyheartלִבְבָ֖ךְli.VakhH3825.

31Thou, Okingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430, sawest,and,behold,agreatרַ֛בravH7229imageצְלֵ֥םtze.LemH6755.Thisimageצַלְמָ֨אtzal.Ma'H6755, whichwasmighty,andwhosebrightnesswasexcellent,stoodקָאֵ֣םka.'EmH6966beforethee;andtheaspect thereofwasterrible.

32Asforthisimageצַלְמָ֗אtzal.Ma'H6755, itsheadרֵאשֵׁהּ֙re.ShehH7217wasoffinegoldדְהַ֣בde.HavH1722, itsbreastanditsarmsofsilverכְסַ֑ףkhe.SafH3702, itsbellyanditsthighsofbrass,

33itslegsofironפַרְזֶ֑לfar.ZelH6523,itsfeetpartofironפַרְזֶ֔לfar.ZelH6523,andpartofclayחֲסַֽף׃cha.SafH2635.

34Thou sawest tillthatastoneאֶ֙בֶן֙'e.venH69wascutהִתְגְּזֶ֤רֶתhit.ge.Ze.retH1505outwithouthandsבִידַ֔יִןvi.Da.yinH3028,whichsmotetheimageלְצַלְמָא֙le.tzal.Ma'H6755upon itsfeetthatwereofironפַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La'H6523andclayוְחַסְפָּ֑אve.chas.Pa'H2635,andbraketheminpieces.

35Thenבֵּאדַ֣יִןbe.Da.yinH116wastheironפַּרְזְלָא֩par.ze.La'H6523,theclayחַסְפָּ֨אchas.Pa'H2635,thebrass,thesilverכַּסְפָּ֣אkas.Pa'H3702,andthegoldוְדַהֲבָ֗אve.da.ha.Va'H1722, brokeninpieces together,andbecamelikethechaffofthesummerthreshing-floors;andthewindcarriedthemaway,sothatnoplacewasfoundH7912forthem:andthestoneוְאַבְנָ֣א׀ve.'av.Na'H69thatsmotetheimageלְצַלְמָ֗אle.tzal.Ma'H6755becameagreatרַ֖בravH7229mountain,andfilledוּמְלָ֥תu.me.LatH4391thewholeearthאַרְעָֽא׃'ar.'A'H772.

36Thisisthedreamחֶלְמָ֔אchel.Ma'H2493;andwewilltellנֵאמַ֥רne.MarH560theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591thereofbeforethekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430.

37Thou, Okingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, artkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4430ofkingsמַלְכַיָּ֑אmal.khai.Ya'H4430, untowhomtheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065hathgiventhekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֥אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,thepowerחִסְנָ֛אchis.Na'H2632,andthestrength,andtheglory;

38andwheresoeverthechildrenofmenH606dwellדָֽיְרִ֣יןda.'a.rinH1753,thebeastsH2423ofthefieldבָּרָ֤אba.Ra'H1251andthebirdsוְעוֹף־ve.'of-H5776oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּא֙she.mai.Ya'H8065hathhegiveninto thyhandבִּידָ֔ךְbi.DakhH3028,andhathmadetheetoruleH7981overthemall: thou arttheheadרֵאשָׁ֖הre.Shah'H7217ofgoldH1722.

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