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Daniel 2:21-38

21AnditishethatchangethtimesH2166andseasons;Hedeposethkingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430,andsetteth upkingsמַלְכִ֑יןmal.KhinH4430;HegivethwisdomH2452tothewiseלְחַכִּימִ֔יןle.cha.ki.MinH2445,Andknowledgetothemthatknowלְיָדְעֵ֥יle.ya.de.'EiH3046understanding.

22Itishethatrevealeththedeepandsecret things;Heknowethwhatisinthedarkness,andthelight dwellethwithhim.

23Ithank thee,andIpraisethee, OGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofmyfathersאֲבָהָתִ֗י'a.va.ha.TiH2,WhohastgivenmewisdomH2452andmight,AndhastmadeH3046knownH3046untomealreadywhatwedesiredofthee;Forthou hastmadeH3046knownH3046unto ustheking'smatterמִלַּ֥תmi.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,andIwillshew untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֥אle.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֖אu.fish.Ra'H6591.

25Thenאֱדַ֤יִן'e.Da.yinH116Ariochאַרְיוֹךְ֙'ar.yoKhH746broughtH5954inDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֖אלle.da.ni.YelH1841beforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430inhasteבְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔הbe.hit.be.ha.LahH927,andsaidH560thusuntohim:IhavefoundH7912amanגְּבַר֙ge.VarH1400ofthesonsofthecaptivityofJudahיְה֔וּדye.HudH3061thatwillmakeיְהוֹדַֽע׃ye.ho.Da'H3046knownH3046untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֥אle.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationפִשְׁרָ֖אfish.Ra'H6591.

26Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560untoDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֔אלle.da.ni.YelH1841,whosenameשְׁמֵ֖הּshe.MehH8036wasBelteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1096, Art thouableכָּהֵ֗לka.HelH3546tomakeלְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִיle.ho.da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046unto methedreamחֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'H2493thatIhaveseenH2370,anditsinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃u.fish.RehH6591?

27Danielדָנִיֵּ֛אלda.ni.YelH1841answeredinthepresenceofthekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430andsaidוְאָמַ֑רve.'a.MarH560,Thesecretthatthekingמַלְכָּ֣אmal.Ka'H4430hathdemandedcannotthewiseחַכִּימִ֣יןcha.ki.MinH2445men,themagiciansחַרְטֻמִּין֙char.tu.MinH2749,thescribes,theastrologers, shew untothekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430;

28butthereisaGodאֱלָ֤הּ'e.LahH426intheheavensבִּשְׁמַיָּא֙bish.mai.Ya'H8065,whorevealeth secrets,andmakethknownH3046tokingלְמַלְכָּא֙le.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020whatshallbeattheendofdaysיוֹמַיָּ֑אyo.mai.Ya'H3118. Thydreamחֶלְמָ֨ךְchel.MakhH2493,andthevisionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376ofthyheadרֵאשָׁ֛ךְre.ShakhH7217upon thybedמִשְׁכְּבָ֖ךְmish.ke.VakhH4903arethese:

29—asforthee, Okingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430, thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָךְ֙ra'.yo.noKhH7476arose upon thybedמִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְmish.ke.VakhH4903,whatshouldcometopass hereafter;andhethatrevealeth secrets hathmadeH3046knownH3046totheewhatshall cometopass.

30Andasforme,thissecretisrevealedגֱּלִ֣יge.LiH1541tome,notby[any]wisdomבְחָכְמָה֙ve.cha.khe.MahH2452thatIhavemoreמִן־min-H4481thananyliving,buttotheintentthattheinterpretationפִשְׁרָא֙fish.Ra'H6591shouldbemadeיְהוֹדְע֔וּןye.hod.'UnH3046knownתִּנְדַּֽע׃tin.Da'H3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּ֣אle.mal.Ka'H4430,andthatthou mightestknowH3046thethoughtsוְרַעְיוֹנֵ֥יve.ra'.yo.NeiH7476ofthyheartלִבְבָ֖ךְli.VakhH3825.

31Thou, Okingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430, sawest,andbehold,agreatרַ֛בravH7229imageצְלֵ֥םtze.LemH6755.Thisimageצַלְמָ֨אtzal.Ma'H6755wasmightyanditsbrightnessexcellent;itstoodקָאֵ֣םka.'EmH6966beforethee,anditsappearanceוְרֵוֵ֖הּve.re.VehH7299wasterrible.

32Thisimage'sheadרֵאשֵׁהּ֙re.ShehH7217wasoffinegoldדְהַ֣בde.HavH1722, itsbreastanditsarmsofsilverכְסַ֑ףkhe.SafH3702, itsbellyanditsthighsofbrass,

33itslegsofironפַרְזֶ֑לfar.ZelH6523,itsfeetpartofironפַרְזֶ֔לfar.ZelH6523andpartofclayחֲסַֽף׃cha.SafH2635.

34Thou sawest tillastoneאֶ֙בֶן֙'e.venH69wascutהִתְגְּזֶ֤רֶתhit.ge.Ze.retH1505outwithouthandsבִידַ֔יִןvi.Da.yinH3028;anditsmotetheimageלְצַלְמָא֙le.tzal.Ma'H6755upon itsfeetofironפַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La'H6523andclayוְחַסְפָּ֑אve.chas.Pa'H2635,andbrokethemtopieces.

35Thenבֵּאדַ֣יִןbe.Da.yinH116wastheironפַּרְזְלָא֩par.ze.La'H6523,theclayחַסְפָּ֨אchas.Pa'H2635,thebrass,thesilverכַּסְפָּ֣אkas.Pa'H3702,andthegoldוְדַהֲבָ֗אve.da.ha.Va'H1722brokeninpieces together,andtheybecamelikethechaffofthesummerthreshing-floors;andthewindcarriedthemaway,andnoplacewasfoundH7912forthem.Andthestoneוְאַבְנָ֣א׀ve.'av.Na'H69thatsmotetheimageלְצַלְמָ֗אle.tzal.Ma'H6755becameagreatרַ֖בravH7229mountain,andfilledוּמְלָ֥תu.me.LatH4391thewholeearthאַרְעָֽא׃'ar.'A'H772.

36Thisisthedreamחֶלְמָ֔אchel.Ma'H2493;andwewilltellנֵאמַ֥רne.MarH560theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591ofitbeforethekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430.

37Thou, Okingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, art akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4430ofkingsמַלְכַיָּ֑אmal.khai.Ya'H4430, untowhomtheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065hathgiventhekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֥אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,thepowerחִסְנָ֛אchis.Na'H2632,andthestrength,andtheglory;

38andwheresoeverthechildrenofmenH606,thebeastsH2423ofthefieldבָּרָ֤אba.Ra'H1251,andthefowloftheheavensשְׁמַיָּא֙she.mai.Ya'H8065dwellדָֽיְרִ֣יןda.'a.rinH1753,hehathgiventhem into thyhandבִּידָ֔ךְbi.DakhH3028,andhathmadetheerulerוְהַשְׁלְטָ֖ךְve.hash.le.TakhH7981overthemall: thou artthisheadרֵאשָׁ֖הre.Shah'H7217ofgoldH1722.

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