Daniel 4:7

“Then 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.”

Daniel 4:7 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 4:7, word by word

Thenאדַיִןdayin

then

Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".

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there came inעָלִּיןalin

enter

To go inside a place, in Aramaic.

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the magiciansחַרְטֻמַיָּchartumaya

magician

Magician (Aramaic): one of the soothsayers of the court.

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the enchantersאָשְׁפַיָּashfaya

enchanter

Enchanter (Aramaic): one who uses spells.

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the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵkasdae

Chaldean

Chaldean (Aramaic): a person of Chaldea, Babylonian; also one of the learned men or astrologers of Babylon.

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and the divinersגָזְרַיָּgazraya

diviner

Those who claim to determine fate.

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and the dreamחֶלְמָchelma

dream

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

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Iאֲנָהana

I

I (Aramaic).

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toldאָמַרamar

say

To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).

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before themקֳדָמֵיkodame

before

Before, in front of (Aramaic).

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but its interpretationפִשְׁרֵfishre

interpretation

Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".

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make known to meמְהוֹדְעִיןmehodin

make known

To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).

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The context

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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

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