Thenבֵּאדַיִןtheseאִלֵּךְmenגֻּבְרַיָּאcame throngingהַרְגִּשׁוּto the kingעַל מַלְכָּאand saidוְאָמְרִיןto the king,לְמַלְכָּא“Know,דַּעO king,מַלְכָּאthatדִּיit is a lawדָתof the Medesלְמָדַיand Persiansוּפָרַסthatדִּיnoכָל לָאprohibitionאֱסָרor statuteוּקְיָםthatדִּיthe kingמַלְכָּאestablishesיְהָקֵיםmay be changed.”לְהַשְׁנָיָה
Daniel 6:15
Study it in the app“Then these men came thronging to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no prohibition or statute that the king establishes may be changed.””
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 6:15, 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- menגֻּבְרַיָּguvraya
man
Man, male (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gever".
Where else “guvraya” appears- came throngingהַרְגִּשׁוּhargishu
come thronging
To come together in a crowd, in commotion (Aramaic).
Where else “hargishu” appears- to the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- and saidאָמְרִיןamrin
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amrin” appears- “Knowדַּעda
know
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “da” appears- it is a lawדָתdat
law, decree
Law (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): both the law of God and the law of the king.
Where else “dat” appears- of the Medesמָדַיmaday
Media
Media (the Aramaic form): a region east of Assyria, joined to Persia in a single empire.
Where else “maday” appears- and Persiansפָרַסfaras
Persia
Persia (Aramaic).
Where else “faras” appears- prohibitionאֱסָרesar
prohibition, decree
Prohibition, binding decree (Aramaic): an order of the king that forbids something.
Where else “esar” appears- or statuteקְיָםkeyam
statute
Statute, decree (Aramaic).
Where else “keyam” appears- establishesיְהָקֵיםyehakem
set up
To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).
Where else “yehakem” appears- may be changedהַשְׁנָיָהhashnaya
change, alter
To change, to alter (Aramaic).
Where else “hashnaya” appears
The context
14Then the king, when he heard the word, was greatly displeased, and on Daniel he set his mind to deliver him; and until the going down of the sun he was striving to rescue him.
15 · This verse (above)
16Then the king gave the word, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of the lions. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Your Elah, whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”