Study it in the app“The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’”
The sentence isפִּתְגָמָאby the decreeבִּגְזֵרַתof the watchers,עִירִיןand the requestשְׁאֵלְתָאby the wordוּמֵאמַרof the holy ones,קַדִּישִׁיןso thatעַד דִּבְרַת דִּיthe livingחַיַּיָּאmay knowיִנְדְּעוּןthatדִּיIllayaעִלָּאָהrulesשַׁלִּיטover the kingdomבְּמַלְכוּתof men,אֲנָשָׁאand to whomeverוּלְמַן דִּיhe wishesיִצְבֵּאhe gives it,יִתְּנִנַּהּand the lowliestוּשְׁפַלof menאֲנָשִׁיםhe sets upיְקִיםover it.’עֲלַהּ
word, answer, decree
Word, answer, decree (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “pitgama” appearsdecree
Decree (Aramaic): what has been decided.
Where else “gezerat” appearswatcher
Watcher (Aramaic): one who is awake, a heavenly being.
Where else “irin” appearsmatter, decision
Question, matter; also decision (Aramaic).
Where else “sheelta” appearsword, command
Word, what someone says or commands (Aramaic).
Where else “memar” appearsholy, 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 “kadishin” appearsmatter, cause
Matter, cause (Aramaic): "so that", "because of".
Where else “divrat” appearsliving; life
Living; in the plural, life (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chay".
Where else “chayaya” appearsknow
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “yindun” appearsMost High, Illaya
Illaya (Aramaic): "the Most High", the highest; a title of God.
Where else “ilaa” appearsrule
To have authority; the one in charge.
Where else “shalit” appearskingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchut” appearsman, human being
Man, human being; as a group, "men", people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "enosh".
Where else “anasha” appearswho, what
Who, which (Aramaic).
Where else “man” appearswant, be pleased
To want, to will; to be pleased with (Aramaic).
Where else “yitsbe” appearsgive
To give (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "natan".
Where else “yitnina” appearslowly
Lowly, humble (Aramaic).
Where else “shefal” appearsset up
To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).
Where else “yekim” appears16Let his heart be changed from that of man, and let the heart of an animal be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
17 · This verse (above)
18This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
