Daniel 3:29

“And from me is made a decree that any people, nation, or language that says anything amiss against their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into pieces, and its house shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other Elah who is able to rescue like this.””

Daniel 3:29 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 3:29, word by word

is madeשִׂיםsim

give an order

To give an order or a decree.

Where else “sim” appears
a decreeטְעֵםteem

order

What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.

Where else “teem” appears
peopleעַםam

people

People (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "am".

Where else “am” appears
nationאֻמָּהuma

nation

Nation, people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "umma".

Where else “uma” appears
or languageלִשָּׁןlishan

tongue, language

Tongue, language (Aramaic); also a people that speaks one language.

Where else “lishan” appears
saysיֵאמַרyemar

say

To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).

Where else “yemar” appears
anything amissשָׁלוּshalu

negligence, fault

Negligence, carelessness (Aramaic).

Where else “shalu” appears
against their Elahאֱלָהֲelaha

Elah, God, god

Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.

Where else “elaha” appears
the Elah of Shadrachשַׁדְרַךְshadrach

Shadrach

Shadrach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Hananiah, one of Daniel's companions.

Where else “shadrach” appears
Meshachמֵישַׁךְmeshach

Meshach

Meshach (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Mishael, one of Daniel's companions.

Where else “meshach” appears
and Abednegoעֲבֵדaved

Abednego

Abednego (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's companions.

Where else “aved” appears
shall be madeיִתְעֲבֵדyitaved

do, make

To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".

Where else “yitaved” appears
into piecesהַדָּמִיןhadamin

piece, limb

Piece, a limb cut off (Aramaic): "to be made into pieces".

Where else “hadamin” appears
and its houseבַיְתֵvayte

house

A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.

Where else “vayte” appears
shall be madeיִשְׁתַּוֵּהyishtave

be turned into

To be turned into something else.

Where else “yishtave” appears
a dunghillנְוָלִיnevali

dunghill, heap of rubble

An Aramaic word of uncertain sense: a heap of rubble or a dunghill.

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becauseקֳבֵלkovel

because

For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).

Where else “kovel” appears
there is noאִיתַיitay

there is

There is, there exists (Aramaic). With "not": "there is not", "you will not have".

Where else “itay” appears
otherאָחֳרָןachoran

other, another

Other, another (Aramaic).

Where else “achoran” appears
is ableיִכֻּלyikul

be able

To have the strength or the power to do something (in Aramaic).

Where else “yikul” appears
to rescueהַצָּלָהhatsala

rescue

To rescue, to deliver (Aramaic).

Where else “hatsala” appears

The context

28Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and they changed the king’s word and gave their bodies so that they would not serve and not bow down to any god except their Elah.

29 · This verse (above)

30Then the king made Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego prosper in the province of Babylon.

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