Daniel 5:20

“But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was brought down from the throne of his kingdom, and his honor was taken from him.”

Daniel 5:20 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 5:20, word by word

his heartלִבְבֵlivve

heart

Heart (Aramaic): the inner person, mind and will. The same word as the Hebrew "levav".

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was lifted upרִםrim

be lifted up; exalt

To be high, to be lifted up; also to exalt (Aramaic); "to lift oneself up" is to act with pride.

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and his spiritרוּחֵruche

spirit

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

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was hardenedתִּקְפַתtikfat

be hard

Grow stiff with pride.

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so that he acted proudlyהֲזָדָהhazada

act proudly

To act proudly, presumptuously (Aramaic).

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he was brought downהָנְחַתhanchat

go down

Descend; be removed from office.

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from the throneכָּרְסֵאkarse

throne

Throne (Aramaic).

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of his kingdomמַלְכוּתֵmalchute

kingdom

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

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and his honorיקָרָykara

honor, glory

Honor, glory, splendor (Aramaic).

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was takenהֶעְדִּיוּhediu

take away

To take from someone what he had: the kingdom, the office, the dominion.

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The context

19and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him; whom he wished he killed, and whom he wished he kept alive, and whom he wished he raised up, and whom he wished he brought low.

20 · This verse (above)

21And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.

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