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ThenאֱדַיִןDanielדָּנִיֶּאלspokeמַלִּלwith the king:עִם מַלְכָּא“O king,מַלְכָּאliveחֱיִיforever!לְעָלְמִין
Daniel 6:21
Study it in the app“Then Daniel spoke with the king: “O king, live forever!”
From the den Daniel answers: his Elah sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouthsCourage
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 6:21, word by word
- Thenאֱדַיִןedayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appears- Danielדָּנִיֶּאלdaniyel
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- spokeמַלִּלmalil
speak
To speak (Aramaic).
Where else “malil” appears- with the kingעִםim
with
With (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "im".
Where else “im” appears- with the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- liveחֱיִיcheyi
live
To live (Aramaic). "O king, live forever!" is a greeting to the king.
Where else “cheyi” appears- foreverעָלְמִיןalmin
antiquity, forever
Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".
Where else “almin” appears
The context
20And as he came near to the den, to Daniel he cried out with an anguished voice. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living Elah, has your Elah, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 · This verse (above)
22My Elah sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”