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All thisכֹּלָּאcameמְּטָאupon Kingעַל מַלְכָּאNebuchadnezzar.נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
Daniel 4:28
Study it in the app“All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.”
Nebuchadnezzar boasts of great Babylon, loses his mind, then praises God againHumility and Service
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:28, word by word
- cameמְּטָאmeta
reach, come
To reach, to arrive; to come upon someone (Aramaic).
Where else “meta” appears- upon 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
The context
27Therefore, O king, may my counsel be pleasing to you: break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
28 · This verse (above)
29At the end of twelve months he was walking on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.