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I was lookingחָזֵה הֲוֵיתin the visionsבְּחֶזְוֵיof my headרֵאשִׁיon my bed,עַל מִשְׁכְּבִיand look,וַאֲלוּa watcher,עִירand a holy one,וְקַדִּישׁwas coming downנָחִתfrom the heavens.מִן שְׁמַיָּא
Daniel 4:13
Study it in the app“I was looking in the visions of my head on my bed, and look, a watcher, and a holy one, was coming down from the heavens.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:13, word by word
- 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- in 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- and lookאֲלוּalu
look
Look! (Aramaic): draws attention to what follows.
Where else “alu” appears- a watcherעִירir
watcher
Watcher (Aramaic): one who is awake, a heavenly being.
Where else “ir” appears- and a holy oneקַדִּישׁkadish
holy, holy one
Holy (Aramaic): set apart, belonging to God; as a noun, "holy one". Used of God, of the gods, of heavenly beings and of God's people.
Where else “kadish” appears- was coming downנָחִתnachit
go down
Descend; be removed from office.
Where else “nachit” appears- from the heavensשְׁמַיָּshemaya
heavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appears
Translation note
“Watcher”: the Aramaic ir means “one who is awake”; it is a heavenly being.
The context
12Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and there was food for all in it; under it the animals of the field found shade, and in its branches the birds of the heavens lived, and from it all flesh was fed.
13 · This verse (above)
14He called out with strength and said this: ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.