Study it in the app“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of the heavens, for all his works are truth and his ways justice, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
Nebuchadnezzar boasts of great Babylon, loses his mind, then praises God againHumility and Service
NowכְּעַןI,אֲנָהNebuchadnezzar,נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרpraiseמְשַׁבַּחand exaltוּמְרוֹמֵםand glorifyוּמְהַדַּרthe Kingלְמֶלֶךְof the heavens,שְׁמַיָּאforדִּיallכָלhis worksמַעֲבָדוֹהִיare truthקְשֹׁטand his waysוְאֹרְחָתֵהּjustice,דִּיןandוְhe is ableיָכִלto humbleלְהַשְׁפָּלָהthose whoדִיwalkמַהְלְכִיןin pride.בְּגֵוָה
now
Now (Aramaic).
Where else “kean” 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” appearspraise
To praise, to give praise (Aramaic).
Where else “meshabach” appearsbe lifted up; exalt
To be high, to be lifted up; also to exalt (Aramaic); "to lift oneself up" is to act with pride.
Where else “meromem” appearsglorify
To glorify, to honor (Aramaic).
Where else “mehadar” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “melech” appearsheavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appearswork, deed
Work, deed (Aramaic).
Where else “maavado” appearstruth
Truth (Aramaic).
Where else “keshot” appearsway
Way (Aramaic); figuratively, conduct, the way one acts.
Where else “orchate” appearsjudgment
A judge's decision; what is right (Aramaic).
Where else “din” appearsbe able
To have the strength or the power to do something (in Aramaic).
Where else “yachil” appearshumble, bring low
To bring low, to humble (Aramaic).
Where else “hashpala” appearswalk
To walk, to walk about (Aramaic).
Where else “mahlchin” appearspride
Pride (Aramaic).
Where else “geva” appears36At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the honor of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me; and my advisers and my nobles sought me, and I was reestablished over my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.
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