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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• 31Then Bath-sheba 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: but Jacob called it Galeed. (Gen. 31:47)
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Ezra 4:7• 7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. (Ezra 4:7)
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Isa. 36:11• 11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on 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 spake 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 was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. (Dan. 4:19)
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Dan. 5:10• 10Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: (Dan. 5:10)
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Dan. 6:6,21• 6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
 21Then said Daniel 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 the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. (1 Sam. 10:24)
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1 Kings 1:25,31• 25For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called 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.
 31Then Bath-sheba 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 said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? (Neh. 2:3)
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Matt. 21:9• 9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (Matt. 21:9)
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Mark 11:9‑10• 9And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
 10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. (Mark 11:9‑10)
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Dan. 4:7• 7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (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 thereof. (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 magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:8)
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Isa. 44:25• 25That 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.