Daniel 4:5

“I saw a dream, and it made me afraid; and the imaginings on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.”

Daniel 4:5 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 4:5, word by word

I sawחֲזֵיתchazet

see

To look and notice something, also in dreams and visions.

Where else “chazet” appears
a dreamחֵלֶםchelem

dream

Dream (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".

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and it made me afraidידַחֲלִנַּydachalina

fear; be terrible

To fear, to be afraid; also to be dreadful, to cause fear (Aramaic).

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and the imaginingsהַרְהֹרִיןharhorin

imagining

Imagining, thought of the mind (Aramaic).

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on my bedמִשְׁכְּבִmishkvi

bed

Bed (Aramaic): where one lies down; also where one has dreams at night.

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and the visionsחֶזְוֵיchezve

vision

What is seen in a dream or revelation.

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of my headרֵאשִׁreshi

head

The topmost part of the body, where one thinks and dreams (Aramaic).

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troubled meיְבַהֲלֻנַּyevahaluna

terrify

To take away someone's calm, making him shake inside.

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The context

4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

5 · This verse (above)

6And from me a decree was made to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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