But Iוַאֲנָהhave heardשִׁמְעֵתof youעֲלָךְthatדִּיyou canתִיכּוּלgive interpretationsפִּשְׁרִין לְמִפְשַׁרand loosenלְמִשְׁרֵאknots.וְקִטְרִיןNowכְּעַןifהֵןyou canתִּכוּלreadלְמִקְרֵאthe writingכְּתָבָאand make known to meלְהוֹדָעֻתַנִיits interpretation,וּפִשְׁרֵהּyou will be clothedתִלְבַּשׁwith purple,אַרְגְּוָנָאand a necklaceוְהַמְנִיכָאof goldדִי דַהֲבָאwill be on your neck,עַל צַוְּארָךְand as thirdוְתַלְתָּאin the kingdomבְמַלְכוּתָאyou will rule.”תִּשְׁלַט
Daniel 5:16
Study it in the app“But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.””
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:16, word by word
- But Iאֲנָהana
I
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” appears- have heardשִׁמְעֵתshimet
hear
Hear, listen; learn of something.
Where else “shimet” appears- you canתִיכּוּלtikul
be able
To have the strength or the power to do something (in Aramaic).
Where else “tikul” appears- give interpretationsפִּשְׁרִיןpishrin
interpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “pishrin” appears- give interpretationsמִפְשַׁרmifshar
interpret
To interpret (Aramaic).
Where else “mifshar” appears- and loosenמִשְׁרֵאmishre
loosen
Loosen, untie; go slack.
Where else “mishre” appears- knotsקִטְרִיןkitrin
knot
Hard problems to solve, riddles.
Where else “kitrin” appears- Nowכְּעַןkean
now
Now (Aramaic).
Where else “kean” appears- ifהֵןhen
if
Introduces a condition or a doubt: in case (Aramaic).
Where else “hen” appears- readמִקְרֵאmikre
read aloud
To speak a written text aloud.
Where else “mikre” appears- the writingכְּתָבָketava
writing
What is written: a document or an inscription.
Where else “ketava” appears- and make known to meהוֹדָעֻתַhodauta
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “hodauta” appears- you will be clothedתִלְבַּשׁtilbash
clothe
To clothe, to dress (Aramaic).
Where else “tilbash” appears- with purpleאַרְגְּוָנָargvana
purple
Purple (Aramaic): cloth of the costly purple color, a sign of rank.
Where else “argvana” appears- and a necklaceהַמְנִיכָhamnicha
necklace, chain
Necklace, a chain for the neck (Aramaic; a word of foreign origin). The king gave it as a sign of honor.
Where else “hamnicha” appears- of goldדַהֲבָdahava
gold
Gold (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zahav".
Where else “dahava” appears- will be on your neckצַוְּארָtsavra
neck
Neck (Aramaic).
Where else “tsavra” appears- and as thirdתַלְתָּאtalta
third (ruler)
Third in rank (Aramaic): "third ruler in the kingdom".
Where else “talta” appears- in the kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchuta” appears- you will ruleתִּשְׁלַטtishlat
rule, have power
To rule, to have power over; also to gain mastery (Aramaic).
Where else “tishlat” appears
The context
15And now the wise men, the enchanters, were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they were not able to declare the interpretation of the matter.
16 · This verse (above)
17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.