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Daniel 4:5-9

5I hadחֲזֵ֖יתcha.ZeitH2370a dreamH2493,and it frightened meוִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִיvi.da.cha.li.Na.niH1763;while I was inעַֽל־'al-H5922my bedמִשְׁכְּבִ֔יmish.ke.ViH4903,the imagesוְהַרְהֹרִין֙ve.har.ho.RinH2031and visionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376in my mindרֵאשִׁ֖יre.ShiH7217alarmed meיְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃ye.va.ha.lu.Na.niH927.

6Soוּמִנִּי֙u.mi.NiH4481I issuedשִׂ֣יםsimH7761a decreeטְעֵ֔םte.'EmH2942that allH3606the wise menחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445of Babylonבָבֶ֑לva.VelH895be broughtלְהַנְעָלָ֣הle.han.'a.LahH5954before meקָֽדָמַ֔יka.da.MaiH6925toH1768interpretH6591the dreamH2493for meH3046.

7Whenבֵּאדַ֣יִןbe.Da.yinH116the magiciansחַרְטֻמַיָּא֙char.tu.mai.Ya'H2749,enchantersאָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א'a.she.fai.Ya'H826,astrologersכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.daiH3779,and divinersוְגָזְרַיָּ֑אve.ga.ze.rai.Ya'H1505came inעָלִּ֗יןa.la.linH5954,Iאֲנָה֙ קֳדָ֣מֵיה֔וֹן'a.Nah ko.Da.mei.HonH576 H6925told themאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH560the dreamוְחֶלְמָ֗אve.chel.Ma'H2493,but they could notלָא־la'-H3809interpret itוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591מְהוֹדְעִ֥יןme.hod.'InH3046for me.

8But atוְעַ֣דve.'AdH5705lastאָחֳרֵ֡ין'o.cho.ReinH318,into my presenceקָֽדָמַ֨יka.da.MaiH6925cameעַל֩'alH5954Danielדָּנִיֵּ֜אלda.ni.YelH1841(whoseדִּֽי־di-H1768name isשְׁמֵ֤הּshe.MehH8036Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙be.le.te.sha.TzarH1096after the nameכְּשֻׁ֣םke.ShumH8036of my godאֱלָהִ֔י'e.la.HiH426,and in whomוְדִ֛יve.DiH1768isthe spiritרֽוּחַ־Ru.ach-H7308of the holyקַדִּישִׁ֖יןka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֥ין'e.la.HinH426).And I told himאַמְרֵֽת׃'am.RetH560the dreamוְחֶלְמָ֖א קָֽדָמ֥וֹהִיve.chel.Ma' ka.da.Mo.hiH2493 H6925:

9“O Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֮be.le.te.sha.TzarH1096,chiefרַ֣בravH7229of the magiciansחַרְטֻמַיָּא֒char.tu.mai.Ya'H2749דִּ֣י׀diH1768,Iאֲנָ֣ה'a.NahH576knowיִדְעֵ֗תyid.'EtH3046thatדִּ֠יdiH1768the spiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7308of the holyקַדִּישִׁין֙ka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֤ין'e.la.HinH426is in youand thatH3606noלָא־la'-H3809mysteryרָ֖זrazH7328bafflesאָנֵ֣ס'a.NesH598you. Soexplain to meאֱמַֽר׃'e.MarH560the visionsחֶזְוֵ֨יchez.VeiH2376דִֽי־di-H1768I sawחֲזֵ֛יתcha.ZeitH2370in my dreamחֶלְמִ֧יchel.MiH2493,and their interpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591.

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