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The signsאָתַיָּאand the wondersוְתִמְהַיָּאthatדִּיElah Illayaאֱלָהָא עִלָּאָהhas doneעֲבַדwith meעִמִּיit has seemed goodשְׁפַרto meקָדָמַיto declare.לְהַחֲוָיָה
Daniel 4:2
Study it in the app“The signs and the wonders that Elah Illaya has done with me it has seemed good to me to declare.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:2, word by word
- The signsאָתַיָּataya
sign
Sign, wonder (Aramaic): an event that shows God's power.
Where else “ataya” appears- and the wondersתִמְהַיָּtimhaya
wonder
Wonder, marvel (Aramaic).
Where else “timhaya” appears- Elah Illayaאֱלָהָelaha
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- Elah Illayaעִלָּאָilaa
Most High, Illaya
Illaya (Aramaic): "the Most High", the highest; a title of God.
Where else “ilaa” appears- has doneעֲבַדavad
do, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “avad” appears- with meעִמִּimi
with
With (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "im".
Where else “imi” appears- it has seemed goodשְׁפַרshefar
seem good, please
To seem good, to be pleasing (Aramaic).
Where else “shefar” appears- to meקָדָמַkadama
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kadama” appears- to declareהַחֲוָיָהhachavaya
show, declare
To show, to make known, to declare (Aramaic).
Where else “hachavaya” appears
The context
1King Nebuchadnezzar, to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: May your peace increase!
2 · This verse (above)
3His signs, how great! And his wonders, how mighty! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is with generation and generation.