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Whileעוֹדthe wordמִלְּתָאwas still in the mouthבְּפֻםof the king,מַלְכָּאa voiceקָלfellנְפַלfrom the heavens:מִן שְׁמַיָּא“To youלָךְit is said,אָמְרִיןKingמַלְכָּאNebuchadnezzar:נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרthe kingdomמַלְכוּתָהhas passedעֲדָתfrom you,מִנָּךְ
Daniel 4:31
Study it in the app“While the word was still in the mouth of the king, a voice fell from the heavens: “To you it is said, King Nebuchadnezzar: the kingdom has passed from you,”
Nebuchadnezzar boasts of great Babylon, loses his mind, then praises God againHumility and Service
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:31, word by word
- Whileעוֹדod
still, yet
Still, yet (Aramaic).
Where else “od” appears- the wordמִלְּתָmilta
word
What someone says: an order, a word (Aramaic).
Where else “milta” appears- was still in the mouthפֻםfum
mouth
Mouth (Aramaic).
Where else “fum” appears- of the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- a voiceקָלkal
sound, voice
Sound, voice (Aramaic): a voice that speaks or the sound of instruments.
Where else “kal” appears- fellנְפַלnefal
fall
To topple, or bow to the ground before someone.
Where else “nefal” 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- it is saidאָמְרִיןamrin
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amrin” 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 kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchuta” appears- has passedעֲדָתadat
pass away
To go, come to an end; lose force.
Where else “adat” appears
The context
30The king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built as a royal house by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?”
31 · This verse (above)
32and from men you are being driven away, and with the animals of the field will be your dwelling; grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.”