ThenבֵּאדַיִןDanielדָּנִיֵּאלwas brought inהֻעַלbeforeקֳדָםthe king.מַלְכָּאThe kingמַלְכָּאansweredעָנֵהand saidוְאָמַרto Daniel,לְדָנִיֵּאל“Are youאַנְתְּ הוּאDaniel,דָנִיֵּאלwho isדִּיof the sonsמִן בְּנֵיof the exileגָלוּתָאof Judah,דִּי יְהוּדwhomדִּיthe kingמַלְכָּאmy fatherאַבִיbroughtהַיְתִיfrom Judah?מִן יְהוּד
Daniel 5:13
Study it in the app“Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Are you Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah?”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:13, 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- Danielדָּנִיֵּאלdaniyel
Daniel
Daniel (the Aramaic form of the name): the prophet, one of the exiles of Judah at the court of Babylon. The name means "El is my judge".
Where else “daniyel” appears- was brought inהֻעַלhual
bring in
To bring someone in, to present him before the king.
Where else “hual” appears- beforeקֳדָםkodam
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodam” appears- the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- answeredעָנֵהane
answer
To answer, to speak up in reply.
Where else “ane” appears- and saidאָמַרamar
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amar” appears- “Are youאַנְתְּant
you
You (Aramaic).
Where else “ant” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
member
Member of a group: "sons of men", humans.
Where else “bene” appears- of the exileגָלוּתָgaluta
exile
Exile; also the exiles (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gola".
Where else “galuta” appears- of Judahיְהוּדyehud
Judah
Judah (the Aramaic form of the name): the tribe and the land of Judah; in Ezra, the Persian province of Judah, with Jerusalem.
Where else “yehud” appears- my fatherאַבִavi
father
Father (Aramaic). It is the same word as the Hebrew "av". In the plural, "fathers", also the ancestors.
Where else “avi” appears- broughtהַיְתִיhayti
bring
To cause someone or something to arrive before another, by taking it there.
Where else “hayti” appears
The context
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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14And I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and insight and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.