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It seemed goodשְׁפַרto Dariusקֳדָם דָּרְיָוֶשׁto setוַהֲקִיםover the kingdomעַל מַלְכוּתָאa hundred and twentyמְאָה וְעֶשְׂרִיןsatraps,לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּאwho would beדִּי לֶהֱוֺןthroughoutבְּכָלthe kingdom,מַלְכוּתָא
Daniel 6:1
Study it in the app“It seemed good to Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who would be throughout the kingdom,”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 6:1, word by word
- It seemed goodשְׁפַרshefar
seem good, please
To seem good, to be pleasing (Aramaic).
Where else “shefar” appears- to Dariusקֳדָםkodam
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodam” appears- to Dariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁdaryavesh
Darius
Darius (the Aramaic form of the name): the name of kings of Persia and Media; in Ezra, the king of Persia in whose reign the house of God in Jerusalem was resumed and finished.
Where else “daryavesh” appears- to setהֲקִיםhakim
set up
To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).
Where else “hakim” appears- over the kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchuta” appears- a hundred and twentyמְאָהmea
hundred
Hundred (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "mea".
Where else “mea” appears- a hundred and twentyעֶשְׂרִיןesrin
twenty
Twenty (Aramaic).
Where else “esrin” appears- satrapsאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּachashdarpnaya
satrap
Satrap (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): a governor of a province of the empire.
Where else “achashdarpnaya” appears- who would beלֶהֱוֺןlehevon
be, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “lehevon” appears
Translation note
In the Aramaic text, 6:1-28 are 6:2-29.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2and over them three supervisors, of whom Daniel was one, so that these satraps might give them account, and the king might not suffer loss.