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Daniel 2:5-13

5Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560totheChaldeansלְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔יle.khas.da.'eiH3779,Thecommandisgone forthfromme:Ifyedonotmakeתְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙te.hod.'u.Na.niH3046knownH3046unto methedreamחֶלְמָ֣אchel.Ma'H2493,anditsinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּu.fish.RehH6591, ye shall be cutinpieces,andyourhousesH1005shall bemadeH3046adunghill.

6Butifye shewthedreamחֶלְמָ֤אchel.Ma'H2493anditsinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591, ye shallreceiveתְּקַבְּל֖וּןte.ka.be.LunH6902ofmegiftsמַתְּנָ֤ןma.te.NanH4978andrewardsandgreatשַׂגִּ֔יאsa.Gi'H7690honour; therefore shewmethedreamחֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'H2493anditsinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591.

7Theyansweredthesecondtimeandsaidוְאָמְרִ֑יןve.'a.me.RinH560, Letthekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430tellיֵאמַ֥רye.MarH560hisservantsלְעַבְד֖וֹהִיle.'av.Do.hiH5649thedreamחֶלְמָ֛אchel.Ma'H2493,andwewillshewtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

8Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560,Iknowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3046ofacertaintythatye would gaintimeH5732,becauseyeseeH2370thewordמִלְּתָֽא׃mi.le.Ta'H4406isgone forthfromme;

9butifye donotmakeתְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִיte.hod.'u.Na.niH3046knownוְֽאִנְדַּ֕עve.'in.Da'H3046untomethedreamחֶלְמָא֩chel.Ma'H2493,thereisbutoneחֲדָה־cha.dah-H2298decreeדָֽתְכ֗וֹןda.te.KhonH1882foryou;forye have prepared lyingandcorruptwordsוּמִלָּ֨הu.mi.LahH4406tospeakbeforeme, tillthetimeעִדָּנָ֖א'i.da.Na'H5732bechangedH8133: thereforetellH560methedreamחֶלְמָא֙chel.Ma'H2493,andIshallknowH3046thatyecanshewmeitsinterpretationפִשְׁרֵ֖הּfish.RehH6591.

10TheChaldeansכַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhas.da.iH3779answeredbeforethekingH4430andsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560,ThereisnotamanH606upontheearththatcanshewtheking'smatterH4406;thereforethereisnokingH4430, howevergreatרַ֣בravH7229andpowerful,thathathaskedשְׁאֵ֔לshe.'ElH7593suchathingofanyscribe,ormagicianH2749,orChaldeanוְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ve.khas.DaiH3779.

11Forthethingthatthekingמַלְכָּ֤הmal.Kah'H4430demandethisextraordinary,andthereisnoneotherthatcanshewitbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,exceptthegodsאֱלָהִ֔ין'e.la.HinH426,whosedwellingמְדָ֣רְה֔וֹןme.Da.re.HonH4070isnotwithflesh.

12Forthiscausethekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430wasirritatedandverywroth,andcommandedtodestroyלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.DahH7allthewiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

13Andthedecreeוְדָתָ֣אve.da.Ta'H1882wentforththatthewiseוְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖אve.cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445menweretobeslain;andthey soughtDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841andhiscompanionstoslaythem.

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