Daniel 5:11

“There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the days of your father light and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners, — your father, the king —”
Daniel 5:11 · direct translation from the Aramaic

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There isאִיתַיa manגְּבַרin your kingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָךְin whomדִּי בֵּהּis the spiritרוּחַof the holyקַדִּישִׁיןgods,אֱלָהִיןand in the daysוּבְיוֹמֵיof your fatherאֲבוּךְlightנַהִירוּand insightוְשָׂכְלְתָנוּand wisdomוְחָכְמָהlike the wisdomכְּחָכְמַתof the godsאֱלָהִיןwere foundהִשְׁתְּכַחַתin him;בֵּהּand KingוּמַלְכָּאNebuchadnezzar,נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּרyour father,אֲבוּךְmade himהֲקִימֵהּchiefרַבof the magicians,חַרְטֻמִּיןenchanters,אָשְׁפִיןChaldeans,כַּשְׂדָּאִיןand diviners,גָּזְרִין— your father,אֲבוּךְthe king —מַלְכָּא

Daniel 5:11, word by word

There isאִיתַיitay

there is

There is, there exists (Aramaic). With "not": "there is not", "you will not have".

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a manגְּבַרgevar

man

Man, male (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gever".

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in your kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta

kingdom

A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).

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is the spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside and gives ability; also the spirit of God.

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of the holyקַדִּישִׁיןkadishin

holy, holy one

Holy (Aramaic): set apart, belonging to God; as a noun, "holy one". Used of God, of the gods, of heavenly beings and of God's people.

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godsאֱלָהִיןelahin

Elah, God, god

Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.

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and in the daysיוֹמֵיyome

day

Day (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yom".

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of your fatherאֲבav

father

Father (Aramaic). It is the same word as the Hebrew "av". In the plural, "fathers", also the ancestors.

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lightנַהִירוּnahiru

light, illumination

Light (Aramaic); figuratively, insight, enlightenment of mind.

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and insightשָׂכְלְתָנוּsachltanu

insight, understanding

Insight, understanding (Aramaic).

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and wisdomחָכְמָהchachma

wisdom

Wisdom (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chochma".

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were foundהִשְׁתְּכַחַתhishtchachat

find

To find, to discover (Aramaic).

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and Kingמַלְכָּmalka

king

King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".

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Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.

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made himהֲקִימֵhakime

set up

To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).

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chiefרַבrav

chief

The head of a group (Aramaic).

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of the magiciansחַרְטֻמִּיןchartumin

magician

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

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enchantersאָשְׁפִיןashfin

enchanter

Enchanter (Aramaic): one who uses spells.

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Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִיןkasdain

Chaldean

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

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and divinersגָּזְרִיןgazrin

diviner

Those who claim to determine fate.

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The context

10The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.

11 · This verse (above)

12because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

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