And these were the visionsוְחֶזְוֵיof my headרֵאשִׁיon my bed:עַל מִשְׁכְּבִיI was looking,חָזֵה הֲוֵיתand look,וַאֲלוּa treeאִילָןin the midstבְּגוֹאof the earth,אַרְעָאand its heightוְרוּמֵהּwas great.שַׂגִּיא
Daniel 4:10
Study it in the app“And these were the visions of my head on my bed: I was looking, and look, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:10, word by word
- And these were the visionsחֶזְוֵיchezve
vision
What is seen in a dream or revelation.
Where else “chezve” appears- of my headרֵאשִׁreshi
head
The topmost part of the body, where one thinks and dreams (Aramaic).
Where else “reshi” appears- on my bedמִשְׁכְּבִmishkvi
bed
Bed (Aramaic): where one lies down; also where one has dreams at night.
Where else “mishkvi” appears- I was lookingחָזֵהchaze
see
To look and notice something, also in dreams and visions.
Where else “chaze” appears- I was lookingהֲוֵיתhavet
be, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “havet” appears- and lookאֲלוּalu
look
Look! (Aramaic): draws attention to what follows.
Where else “alu” appears- a treeאִילָןilan
tree
Tree (Aramaic).
Where else “ilan” appears- in the midstגוֹאgo
midst, within
The middle, the inside (Aramaic): "within".
Where else “go” appears- of the earthאַרְעָara
earth
The ground and the inhabited world, above all as the place where kingdoms rule.
Where else “ara” appears- and its heightרוּמֵrume
height
Height (Aramaic).
Where else “rume” appears- was greatשַׂגִּיאsagi
much, great, many
Much, great, many (Aramaic).
Where else “sagi” appears
The context
9“Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too hard for you, tell the visions of my dream that I saw and its interpretation.
10 · This verse (above)
11The tree grew and became strong, and its height reached to the heavens, and its visibility to the end of all the earth.