Revised Version 1895

Daniel 2:44-49

44And in thedaysוּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹןu.ve.yo.mei.HonH3118ofthoseדִּ֧יdiH1768kingsמַלְכַיָּ֣אmal.khai.Ya'H4430shall theGodאֱלָ֨הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֤אshe.mai.Ya'H8065setיְקִים֩ye.KimH6966up akingdomמַלְכוּ֙mal.KhuH4437,whichדִּ֤יdiH1768shall never bedestroyedתִתְחַבַּ֔לtit.cha.BalH2255,norH3809shall thesovereigntyוּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔הu.Mal.khu.Tah'H4437thereof beleftתִשְׁתְּבִ֑קtish.te.VikH7662toanotherאָחֳרָ֖ן'o.cho.RanH321peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5972; but it shall break in pieces and consumeallכָּל־kol-H3606theseאִלֵּ֣ין'i.LeinH459kingdomsמַלְכְוָתָ֔אmal.khe.va.Ta'H4437, and it shallstandתְּק֥וּםte.KumH6966foreverH5957.

45Forasmuch as thou sawest that astoneאֶ֜בֶן'E.venH69wascutאִתְגְּזֶ֨רֶת'it.ge.Ze.retH1505outH1505of themountainמִטּוּרָא֩mi.tu.Ra'H2906withoutלָ֣אla'H3809handsבִידַ֗יִןvi.Da.yinH3028, and that it brake in pieces theironפַּרְזְלָ֨אpar.ze.La'H6523, the brass, theclayחַסְפָּא֙chas.Pa'H2635, thesilverכַּסְפָּ֣אkas.Pa'H3702, and thegoldוְדַהֲבָ֔אve.da.ha.Va'H1722; thegreatרַב֙ravH7229Godאֱלָ֥הּ'e.LahH426hathmadeH3046knownH3046to thekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430whatמָ֛הmahH4101shall come to pass hereafter: and thedreamחֶלְמָ֖אchel.Ma'H2493is certain, and theinterpretationפִּשְׁרֵֽהּ׃ פpish.RehH6591thereofsureוְיַצִּ֥יבve.ya.TzivH3330.

46Then thekingמַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020fellנְפַ֣לne.FalH5308upon hisfaceאַנְפּ֔וֹהִי'an.Po.hiH600, and worshippedDanielוּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אלu.le.da.ni.YelH1841, andcommandedאֲמַ֖ר'a.MarH560that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

47Thekingמַלְכָּ֨אmal.Ka'H4430answeredעָנֵה֩'a.NehH6032untoDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֜אלle.da.ni.YelH1841, andsaidוְאָמַ֗רve.'a.MarH560, Of a truth yourGodאֱלָהֲכ֗וֹן'e.la.ha.KhonH426is theGodאֱלָ֧הּ'e.LahH426ofgodsאֱלָהִ֛ין'e.la.HinH426, and theLordוּמָרֵ֥אu.ma.Re'H4756ofkingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430, and arevealerוְגָלֵ֣הve.ga.LehH1541of secrets, sing thou hast beenableיְכֵ֔לְתָּye.Khe.le.taH3202torevealלְמִגְלֵ֖אle.mig.Le'H1541this secret.

48Then thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430madeH7981Danielלְדָנִיֵּ֣אלle.da.ni.YelH1841greatH7229, andgaveיְהַב־ye.hav-H3052himmanyשַׂגִּיאָן֙sa.gi.'AnH7690greatH7229giftsוּמַתְּנָ֨ןu.ma.te.NanH4978, andmadeH7981him toruleH7981over thewholeכָּל־kol-H3606provinceמְדִינַ֣תme.di.NatH4083ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH895, and to bechiefוְרַב־ve.rav-H7229governor overallכָּל־kol-H3606thewiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445ofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

49AndDanielוְדָנִיֵּאל֙ve.da.ni.yeLH1841requestedבְּעָ֣אbe.'A'H1156of thekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, and heappointedוּמַנִּ֗יu.ma.NiH4483Shadrachלְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְle.shad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁ֖ךְmei.ShakhH4336, andAbed-negoH5665, over the affairs of theprovinceמְדִינַ֣תme.di.NatH4083ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH895: butDanielוְדָנִיֵּ֖אלve.da.ni.YelH1841was in the gate of thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃ פmal.Ka'H4430.

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