Daniel 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.”

Daniel 5:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Daniel 5:1718 words

HebrewMeaning

בֵּ/אדַ֜יִןbēʾdayin

nowadjH116

that time · then

עָנֵ֣הʿānēh

answeradjH6032

speak

דָנִיֵּ֗אלdāniyēʾl

DanieladjH1841

וְ/אָמַר֙wəʾāmar

commandadjH560

declare · say · speak · tell

קֳדָ֣םqŏdām

beforeadjH6925

from · I · me · of ···

מַלְכָּ֔/אmaləkāʾ

kingadjH4430

royal

מַתְּנָתָ/ךְ֙matənātākə

giftadjH4978

לָ֣/ךְlākə

adj

לֶֽהֶוְיָ֔ןlehewəyān

beadjH1934

become · behold · came · cease ···

וּ/נְבָ֥זְבְּיָתָ֖/ךְwnəbāzəbəyātākə

rewardadjH5023

לְ/אָחֳרָ֣ןləʾāḥŏrān

otheradjH321

הַ֑בhab

deliveradjH3052

give · lay · prolong · pay ···

בְּרַ֗םbəram

butadjH1297

nevertheless · yet

כְּתָבָ/א֙kətābāʾ

prescribingadjH3792

writing

אֶקְרֵ֣אʾeqərēʾ

calladjH7123

cry · read

לְ/מַלְכָּ֔/אləmaləkāʾ

kingadjH4430

royal

וּ/פִשְׁרָ֖/אwpišərāʾ

interpretationadjH6591

אֲהוֹדְעִנֵּֽ/הּʾăhwōdəʿinēh

certifyadjH3046

know · make known · teach

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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