This dreamדְּנָה חֶלְמָאI,אֲנָהKingמַלְכָּאNebuchadnezzar,נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרsaw.חֲזֵיתAnd you,וְאַנְתְּBelteshazzar,בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּרtellאֱמַרthe interpretation,פִּשְׁרֵאbecauseכָּל קֳבֵל דִּיallכָּלthe wise menחַכִּימֵיof my kingdomמַלְכוּתִיare notלָאableיָכְלִיןto make known to meלְהוֹדָעֻתַנִיthe interpretation;פִּשְׁרָאbut youוְאַנְתְּare able,כָּהֵלbecauseדִּיthe spiritרוּחַof the holyקַדִּישִׁיןgodsאֱלָהִיןis in you.”בָּךְ
Daniel 4:18
Study it in the app“This 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.””
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:18, word by word
- This dreamחֶלְמָchelma
dream
Dream (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".
Where else “chelma” appears- Iאֲנָהana
I
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” appears- Kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- sawחֲזֵיתchazet
see
To look and notice something, also in dreams and visions.
Where else “chazet” appears- And youאַנְתְּant
you
You (Aramaic).
Where else “ant” appears- Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּרbeltshatsar
Belteshazzar
Belteshazzar (the Aramaic form of the name): the Babylonian name given to Daniel.
Where else “beltshatsar” appears- tellאֱמַרemar
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “emar” appears- the interpretationפִּשְׁרֵpishre
interpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “pishre” appears- becauseקֳבֵלkovel
because
For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).
Where else “kovel” appears- the wise menחַכִּימֵיchakime
wise man
Wise man (Aramaic): one of the learned men of the king's court who interpreted dreams and signs.
Where else “chakime” appears- of my kingdomמַלְכוּתִmalchuti
kingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchuti” appears- ableיָכְלִיןyachlin
be able
To have the strength or the power to do something (in Aramaic).
Where else “yachlin” appears- to make known to meהוֹדָעֻתַhodauta
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “hodauta” appears- are ableכָּהֵלkahel
be able
To be able, can (Aramaic).
Where else “kahel” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside and gives ability; also the spirit of God.
Where else “ruach” appears- of the holyקַדִּישִׁיןkadishin
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 “kadishin” appears- godsאֱלָהִיןelahin
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 “elahin” appears
The context
17The 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.’
18 · This verse (above)
19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!