Revised Literal Translation

Daniel 4:28-33

28Allכֹּ֣לָּאKo.la'H3606this cameמְּטָ֔אme.Ta'H4291uponעַל־'al-H5922the kingH4430NebuchadnezzarH5020.

29At the endלִקְצָ֥תlik.TzatH7118of twelveתְּרֵֽי־ עֲשַׂ֑רte.rei- 'a.SarH6236 H8648monthsיַרְחִ֖יןyar.ChinH3393he walkedמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃me.ha.Lekh ha.VahH1981 H1934inH5922the palaceהֵיכַ֧לhei.KhalH1965of the kingdomH4437of Babylonבָבֶ֖לva.VelH895.

30The kingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430spakeעָנֵ֤ה'a.NehH6032,and saidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560,Is notהֲלָ֥אha.La'H3809thisדָא־ הִ֖יאda'- hi'H1668 H1932greatרַבְּתָ֑אra.be.Ta'H7229Babylonבָּבֶ֣לba.VelH895,that Iאֲנָ֤ה'a.NahH576have builtבֱנַיְתַהּ֙ve.nay.TahH1124for the houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1005of the kingdomמַלְכ֔וּmal.KhuH4437by the mightבִּתְקַ֥ףbit.KafH8632of my powerחִסְנִ֖יchis.NiH2632,and for the honourוְלִיקָ֥רve.li.KarH3367of my majestyהַדְרִֽי׃had.RiH1923?

31Whileע֗וֹדodH5751the wordמִלְּתָא֙mi.le.Ta'H4406wasin the king’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430mouthבְּפֻ֣םbe.FumH6433,there fellנְפַ֑לne.FalH5308a voiceקָ֖לkalH7032fromמִן־min-H4481heavenH8065, saying,O kingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430NebuchadnezzarH5020,to thee it is spokenאָֽמְרִין֙'a.me.RinH560;The kingdomH4437is departedעֲדָ֥ת'a.DatH5709fromמִנָּֽךְ׃mi.NakhH4481thee.

32And they shall driveטָֽרְדִ֜יןta.re.DinH2957thee fromוּמִן־u.min-H4481menאֲנָשָׁא֩'a.na.Sha'H606,and thy dwellingמְדֹרָ֗ךְme.do.RakhH4070shall bewithוְֽעִם־ve.'im-H5974the beastsחֵיוַ֧תchei.VatH2423of the fieldבָּרָ֣אba.Ra'H1251:they shall make thee to eatיְטַעֲמ֔וּןye.ta.'a.MunH2939grassעִשְׂבָּ֤א'is.Ba'H6211as oxenכְתוֹרִין֙khe.to.RinH8450,and sevenוְשִׁבְעָ֥הve.shiv.'AhH7655timesעִדָּנִ֖ין'i.da.NinH5732shall passיַחְלְפ֣וּןyach.le.FunH2499overעֲלָ֑ךְa.la.yikhH5922thee, untilעַ֣ד'adH5705thou knowתִנְדַּ֗עtin.Da'H3046that the most Highעִלָּיָא֙i.la.ya'H5943rulethשַׁלִּ֤יטsha.LitH7990in the kingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437of menאֲנָשָׁ֔א'a.na.Sha'H606,and givethיִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃yi.te.ni.NahH5415it to whomsoeverוּלְמַן־u.le.man-H4479he willH6634.

33The same hourשַׁעֲתָ֗אsha.'a.Ta'H8160was the thingמִלְּתָא֮mi.le.Ta'H4406fulfilledסָ֣פַתSa.fatH5487uponH5922Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020:and he was drivenטְרִ֔ידte.RidH2957fromוּמִן־u.min-H4481menאֲנָשָׁ֣א'a.na.Sha'H606,and did eatיֵאכֻ֔לye.KhulH399grassוְעִשְׂבָּ֤אve.'is.Ba'H6211as oxenכְתוֹרִין֙khe.to.RinH8450,and his bodyגִּשְׁמֵ֣הּgish.MehH1655was wetיִצְטַבַּ֑עyitz.ta.Ba'H6647with the dewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2920of heavenשְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'H8065,tillעַ֣ד'adH5705his hairsשַׂעְרֵ֛הּsa'.RehH8177were grownרְבָ֖הre.VahH7236like eagles’כְּנִשְׁרִ֥יןke.nish.RinH5403feathers,and his nailsוְטִפְר֥וֹהִיve.tif.Ro.hiH2953like birds’כְצִפְּרִֽין׃khe.tzi.pe.RinH6853claws.

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