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Daniel 2

Dan. 2:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Chaldeans
Kasdiy (Hebrew #3778)
towards the Kasdites
KJV usage: into Chaldea), patronymically from 3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:--Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Pronounce: kas-dee'
Origin: (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}
to the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
in Syriack
'Aramiyth (Hebrew #762)
(only adverbial)in Aramean
KJV usage: in the Syrian language (tongue), in Syriac.
Pronounce: ar-aw-meeth'
Origin: feminine of 761
, O king
melek (Hebrew #4430)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4428
, live
chaya' (Hebrew #2418)
corresponding to 2421; to live
KJV usage: live, keep alive.
Pronounce: khah-yaw'
Origin: (Aramaic) or chayah (Aramaic) {khah-yaw'}
g for ever
`alam (Hebrew #5957)
remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever
KJV usage: for ((n-))ever (lasting), old.
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 5769
: tell
'amar (Hebrew #560)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 559
KJV usage: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
Pronounce: am-ar'
thy servants
`abad (Hebrew #5649)
a servant
KJV usage: servant.
Pronounce: ab-bad'
Origin: (Aramaic) from 5648
the dream
chelem (Hebrew #2493)
a dream
KJV usage: dream.
Pronounce: khay'-lem
Origin: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to 2492
, and we will show
chava' (Hebrew #2324)
to show
KJV usage: shew.
Pronounce: khav-aw'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 2331
the interpretation
pshar (Hebrew #6591)
an interpretation
KJV usage: interpretation.
Pronounce: pesh-ar'
Origin: (Aramaic) from 6590
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1 Kings 1:31• 31And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. (1 Kings 1:31)

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Aramaic,
Chaldeans (Wise Men),
Dreams,
Forever,
King,
Servant,
Syriac; Syriack; Syrian Tongue

Cross References

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Gen. 31:47• 47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed. (Gen. 31:47)
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Ezra 4:7• 7And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and interpreted in Aramaic. (Ezra 4:7)
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Isa. 36:11• 11And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish language in the ears of the people that are upon the wall. (Isa. 36:11)
Syriack.Aramith, "Aramean," the language of Aram or Syria; a general term comprehending both the Chaldee and Syriac, the latter merely differing from the former as a dialect, and being written in a different character.
With the following words the Chaldee part of Daniel commences; and is continued to the end of the seventh chapter.O king.
Dan. 3:9• 9They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever! (Dan. 3:9)
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Dan. 4:19• 19Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and its interpretation to thine enemies! (Dan. 4:19)
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Dan. 5:10• 10--The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet-house. The queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed. (Dan. 5:10)
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Dan. 6:6,21• 6Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!
 21Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever! (Dan. 6:6,21)
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1 Sam. 10:24• 24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, May the king live. (1 Sam. 10:24)
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1 Kings 1:25,31• 25For he is gone down this day, and has sacrificed oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah!
 31And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. (1 Kings 1:25,31)
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Neh. 2:3• 3And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire? (Neh. 2:3)
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Matt. 21:9• 9And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest. (Matt. 21:9)
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Mark 11:9‑10• 9And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord's name.
 10Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest! (Mark 11:9‑10)
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Dan. 4:7• 7Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation of it. (Dan. 4:7)
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Dan. 5:8• 8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. (Dan. 5:8)
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Gen. 41:8• 8And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:8)
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Isa. 44:25• 25--he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Isa. 44:25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaica, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

JND Translation Notes

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From here to the end of ch.7 the same Aramaic dialect is employed as in Ezra 4.8 to 6.18, and Jer. 10.11.