And from meוּמִנִּיa decreeטְעֵםwas madeשִׂיםto bring inלְהַנְעָלָהbefore meקָדָמַיallלְכֹלthe wise menחַכִּימֵיof Babylon,בָבֶלthatדִּיthey might make known to meיְהוֹדְעֻנַּנִיthe interpretationפְשַׁרof the dream.חֶלְמָא
Daniel 4:6
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:6, word by word
- a decreeטְעֵםteem
order
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appears- was madeשִׂיםsim
give an order
To give an order or a decree.
Where else “sim” appears- to bring inהַנְעָלָהhanala
bring in
To bring someone in, to present him before the king.
Where else “hanala” appears- before meקָדָמַkadama
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kadama” appears- the wise menחַכִּימֵיchakime
wise man
Wise man (Aramaic): one of the learned men of the king's court who interpreted dreams and signs.
Where else “chakime” appears- of Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babylon
Babylon (the Aramaic form of the name): the city and its kingdom, by the Euphrates River.
Where else “vavel” appears- they might make known to meיְהוֹדְעֻנַּyehoduna
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “yehoduna” appears- the interpretationפְשַׁרfeshar
interpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “feshar” appears- of the dreamחֶלְמָchelma
dream
Dream (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".
Where else “chelma” appears
The context
5I saw a dream, and it made me afraid; and the imaginings on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
6 · This verse (above)
7Then there came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the dream I told before them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.