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Daniel 4:22-25

22youאַנְתְּ'an.tahH607,O kingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430,areה֣וּאhu'H1932 H1768that tree!For you have become greatרְבַ֖יתre.VaitH7236and strongוּתְקֵ֑פְתְּu.te.Ke.fetH8631;your greatnessוּרְבוּתָ֤ךְu.re.vu.TakhH7238has grownרְבָת֙re.VatH7236to reachוּמְטָ֣תu.me.TatH4291the skyH8065,and your dominionוְשָׁלְטָנָ֖ךְve.shal.ta.NakhH7985extends to the endsלְס֥וֹףle.SofH5491of the earthאַרְעָֽא׃'ar.'A'H772.

23AndH1768you, O kingמַלְכָּ֡אmal.Ka'H4430,sawחֲזָ֣הcha.ZahH2370a watcherעִ֣יר'irH5894,a holy oneוְקַדִּ֣ישׁve.ka.DishH6922,coming downנָחִ֣ת׀na.ChitH5182fromH4481heavenH8065and sayingH560: ‘Cut downגֹּ֨דּוּGo.duH1414the treeH363and destroy itוְחַבְּל֗וּהִיve.cha.be.Lu.hiH2255,butבְּרַ֨םbe.RamH1297leaveH7662the stumpH6136with its rootsH8330in the groundבְּאַרְעָ֣אbe.'ar.'A'H772,with a bandוּבֶאֱסוּר֙u.ve.'e.SurH613ofH1768ironפַרְזֶ֣לfar.ZelH6523and bronzeוּנְחָ֔שׁu.ne.ChashH5174around it,in the tender grassבְּדִתְאָ֖אbe.dit.'A'H1883ofH1768the fieldבָרָ֑אva.Ra'H1251.Let him be drenchedיִצְטַבַּ֗עyitz.ta.Ba'H6647with the dewוּבְטַ֧לu.ve.TalH2920of heavenH8065,and grazeחֲלָקֵ֔הּcha.la.KehH2508withוְעִם־ve.'im-H5974the beastsחֵיוַ֤תchei.VatH2423of the fieldבָּרָא֙ba.Ra'H1251tillעַ֛ד'adH5705 H1768sevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7655timesעִדָּנִ֖ין'i.da.NinH5732pass himיַחְלְפ֥וּןyach.le.FunH2499byעֲלֽוֹהִי׃a.Lo.hiH5922.’

24Thisדְּנָ֥הde.NahH1836is the interpretationפִשְׁרָ֖אfish.Ra'H6591,O kingH4430,and this is the decreeוּגְזֵרַ֤תu.ge.ze.RatH1510that the Most Highעִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יאi.la.ya' Hi'H5943 H1932דִּ֥יdiH1768has issuedמְטָ֖תme.TatH4291againstH5922my lordמָרִ֥יmar.'iH4756the kingH4430:

25You will be driven awayטָֽרְדִ֣יןta.re.DinH2957fromמִן־min-H4481mankindאֲנָשָׁ֡א'a.na.Sha'H606,and your dwellingמְדֹרָ֜ךְme.do.RakhH4070will beלֶהֱוֵ֨הle.he.VehH1934withוְעִם־ve.'im-H5974the beastsחֵיוַ֣תchei.VatH2423of the fieldבָּרָא֩ba.Ra'H1251.You will feed onיְטַֽעֲמ֗וּןye.ta.'a.MunH2939grassוְעִשְׂבָּ֥אve.'is.Ba'H6211like an oxכְתוֹרִ֣ין׀khe.to.RinH8450and be drenchedמְצַבְּעִ֔יןme.tza.be.'InH6647with the dewוּמִטַּ֤לu.mi.TalH2920of heavenשְׁמַיָּא֙she.mai.Ya'H8065,and sevenוְשִׁבְעָ֥הve.shiv.'AhH7655timesעִדָּנִ֖ין'i.da.NinH5732shall passיַחְלְפ֣וּןyach.le.FunH2499you byH5922,untilעַ֣ד דִּֽי־'ad di-H5705 H1768you acknowledgeתִנְדַּ֗עtin.Da'H3046thatדִּֽי־di-H1768the Most Highעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943rulesשַׁלִּ֤יטsha.LitH7990over the kingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437of mankindאֲנָשָׁ֔א'a.na.Sha'H606and gives itיִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃yi.te.ni.NahH5415to whomוּלְמַן־ דִּ֥יu.le.man- diH4479 H1768He wishesיִצְבֵּ֖אyitz.Be'H6634.

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