Thenבֵּאדַיִןthere came inעָלִּיןthe magicians,חַרְטֻמַיָּאthe enchanters,אָשְׁפַיָּאthe Chaldeans,כַּשְׂדָּאֵיand the diviners;וְגָזְרַיָּאand the dreamוְחֶלְמָאIאֲנָהtoldאָמַרbefore them,קֳדָמֵיהוֹןbut its interpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּthey did notלָאmake known to me.מְהוֹדְעִין לִי
Daniel 4:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 4:7, word by word
- Thenאדַיִןdayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “dayin” appears- there came inעָלִּיןalin
enter
To go inside a place, in Aramaic.
Where else “alin” appears- the magiciansחַרְטֻמַיָּchartumaya
magician
Magician (Aramaic): one of the soothsayers of the court.
Where else “chartumaya” appears- the enchantersאָשְׁפַיָּashfaya
enchanter
Enchanter (Aramaic): one who uses spells.
Where else “ashfaya” appears- the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵkasdae
Chaldean
Chaldean (Aramaic): a person of Chaldea, Babylonian; also one of the learned men or astrologers of Babylon.
Where else “kasdae” appears- and the divinersגָזְרַיָּgazraya
diviner
Those who claim to determine fate.
Where else “gazraya” appears- and the dreamחֶלְמָchelma
dream
Dream (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".
Where else “chelma” appears- Iאֲנָהana
I
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” appears- toldאָמַרamar
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amar” appears- before themקֳדָמֵיkodame
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodame” appears- but its interpretationפִשְׁרֵfishre
interpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “fishre” appears- make known to meמְהוֹדְעִיןmehodin
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “mehodin” appears
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: