Study it in the app“The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be made into pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.”
The kingמַלְכָּאansweredעָנֵהand saidוְאָמַרto the Chaldeans,לְכַשְׂדָּאֵי“The wordמִלְּתָאfrom meמִנִּיis firm:אַזְדָּאifהֵןyou do notלָאmake known to meתְהוֹדְעוּנַּנִיthe dreamחֶלְמָאand its interpretation,וּפִשְׁרֵהּyou will be madeתִּתְעַבְדוּןinto pieces,הַדָּמִיןand your housesוּבָתֵּיכוֹןwill be madeיִתְּשָׂמוּןa dunghill.נְוָלִי
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsanswer
To answer, to speak up in reply.
Where else “ane” appearssay
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amar” appearsChaldean
Chaldean (Aramaic): a person of Chaldea, Babylonian; also one of the learned men or astrologers of Babylon.
Where else “chasdae” appearsword
What someone says: an order, a word (Aramaic).
Where else “milta” appearsfirm, decided
Firm, already decided (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin; its exact sense is uncertain).
Where else “azda” appearsif
Introduces a condition or a doubt: in case (Aramaic).
Where else “hen” appearsmake known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “tehoduna” appearsdream
Dream (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".
Where else “chelma” appearsinterpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “fishre” appearsdo, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “titavdun” appearspiece, limb
Piece, a limb cut off (Aramaic): "to be made into pieces".
Where else “hadamin” appearshouse
A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.
Where else “vate” appearsput
To put or set something in a place; also, to give a name.
Where else “yitsamun” appearsdunghill, heap of rubble
An Aramaic word of uncertain sense: a heap of rubble or a dunghill.
Where else “nevali” appears“Firm”: the word (azda) is of Persian origin; it has also been read “already spoken.”
4And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
5 · This verse (above)
6But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, gifts and a reward and great honor you will receive from before me. Therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”
