Study it in the app“And 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.”
Nebuchadnezzar, restored, acknowledges that God's dominion is eternalProvidenceNebuchadnezzar boasts of great Babylon, loses his mind, then praises God againHumility and Service
And at the endוְלִקְצָתof the daysיוֹמַיָּהI,אֲנָהNebuchadnezzar,נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרliftedנִטְלֵתmy eyesעַיְנַיto the heavens,לִשְׁמַיָּאand my understandingוּמַנְדְּעִיreturnedיְתוּבto me,עֲלַיand I blessedוּ בָּרְכֵתIllaya,לְעִלָּאָהand I praisedשַׁבְּחֵתand glorifiedוְהַדְּרֵתthe one who livesוּלְחַיforever,עָלְמָאwhoseדִּיdominionשָׁלְטָנֵהּis an eternalעָלַםdominion,שָׁלְטָןand his kingdomוּמַלְכוּתֵהּis with generationעִם דָּרand generation.וְדָר
end
The close of a period.
Where else “ketsat” appearsday
Day (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yom".
Where else “yomaya” appearsI
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” 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” appearslift up
To lift up (Aramaic).
Where else “nitlet” appearseye
Eye (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "ayin". "The eye of their Elah was on them": God watched over them.
Where else “ayna” appearsheavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appearsknowledge, understanding
Knowledge, understanding (Aramaic).
Where else “mandi” appearsreturn
For something lost or far away to come back to someone, like his reason or his honor.
Where else “yetuv” appearsbless
Speak good of; praise (Aramaic).
Where else “barchet” appearsMost High, Illaya
Illaya (Aramaic): "the Most High", the highest; a title of God.
Where else “ilaa” appearspraise
To praise, to give praise (Aramaic).
Where else “shabchet” appearsglorify
To glorify, to honor (Aramaic).
Where else “hadret” appearsliving; life
Living; in the plural, life (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chay".
Where else “chay” appearsantiquity, forever
Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".
Where else “alma” appearsdominion, rule
Dominion, rule (Aramaic): the power to govern; also the realm that is ruled.
Where else “shaltane” appearskingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchute” appearswith
With (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "im".
Where else “im” appearsgeneration
Generation (Aramaic): "from generation to generation", forever.
Where else “dar” appears33At 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.
34 · This verse (above)
35And all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and according to his will he does among the army of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth; and there is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
