Daniel 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.”

Daniel 2:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Daniel 2:413 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֧וּwayədabərw

answerconjH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

הַ/כַּשְׂדִּ֛יםhakaśədiym

ChaldeansparticleH3778

Chaldees · inhabitants of Chaldea

לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְlamelekə

kingpronH4428

royal

אֲרָמִ֑יתʾărāmiyt

in the Syrian languagenounH762

in Syriac

מַלְכָּ/א֙maləkāʾ

kingadjH4430

royal

לְ/עָלְמִ֣יןləʿāləmiyn

for everadjH5957

old

חֱיִ֔יḥĕyiy

liveadjH2418

keep alive

אֱמַ֥רʾĕmar

commandadjH560

declare · say · speak · tell

חֶלְמָ֛/אḥeləmāʾ

dreamadjH2493

ל/עבדי/ךlʿbdyk

servantadjH5649

לְ/עַבְדָ֖/ךְləʿabədākə

servantadjH5649

וּ/פִשְׁרָ֥/אwpišərāʾ

interpretationadjH6591

נְחַוֵּֽאnəḥawēʾ

shewadjH2324

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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