Study it in the app“At that very moment the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and from men he was driven away, and grass like oxen he ate, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.”
Nebuchadnezzar boasts of great Babylon, loses his mind, then praises God againHumility and Service
At that veryבַּהּmomentשַׁעֲתָאthe wordמִלְּתָאwas fulfilledסָפַתupon Nebuchadnezzar;עַל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרand from menוּמִן אֲנָשָׁאhe was driven away,טְרִידand grassוְעִשְׂבָּאlike oxenכְתוֹרִיןhe ate,יֵאכֻלand with the dewוּמִטַּלof the heavensשְׁמַיָּאhis bodyגִּשְׁמֵהּwas drenched,יִצְטַבַּעuntilעַד דִּיhis hairשַׂעְרֵהּgrewרְבָהlike eagles’ feathersכְּנִשְׁרִיןand his nailsוְטִפְרוֹהִיlike birds’ claws.כְצִפְּרִין
moment, hour
Moment, a short time (Aramaic): "at that moment", "immediately".
Where else “shaata” appearsword
What someone says: an order, a word (Aramaic).
Where else “milta” appearsbe fulfilled
What was foretold coming true.
Where else “safat” appearsNebuchadnezzar
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” appearsman, human being
Man, human being; as a group, "men", people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "enosh".
Where else “anasha” appearsdrive away
To drive away, to expel (Aramaic).
Where else “terid” appearsgrass
Green grass of the field, which the beasts eat.
Where else “isba” appearsbull
Bull (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "shor".
Where else “torin” appearsdevour
To swallow voraciously, like a beast tearing its prey.
Where else “yechul” appearsdew
Dew (Aramaic).
Where else “tal” appearsheavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appearsbody
Body (Aramaic).
Where else “gishme” appearswet
To make wet, to drench (Aramaic).
Where else “yitstaba” appearshair
Hair (Aramaic).
Where else “sare” appearsgrow great
To grow, to become great (Aramaic).
Where else “reva” appearseagle
Eagle, or a large bird of prey (Aramaic).
Where else “nishrin” appearsnail, claw
Nail, claw (Aramaic).
Where else “tifro” appearsbird
Bird (Aramaic).
Where else “tsiprin” appears32and 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.”
33 · This verse (above)
34And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.
