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For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. (KJV)
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קֳבֵ֣לko.Velbecause
Lemma: קֳבֵל (qe.vel) · Strong's: H6903H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: before: because
Used 22 times. Also: Ezra 4:14, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:17, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6903H; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 1
דְּנָ֔הde.Nahthis
מַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'king the
בְּנַ֖סbe.Nashe was angry
Lemma: בְּנַס (be.nas) · Strong's: H1149
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: be angry
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1149; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 4
וּקְצַ֣ףu.ke.Tzafand he was furious
Lemma: קְצַף (qe.tsaph) · Strong's: H7108
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: be angry
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7108; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 5
שַׂגִּ֑יאsa.Gi'exceedingly
Lemma: שַׂגִּיא (sag.gi) · Strong's: H7690
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)
Meaning: greatly
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7690; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 6
וַאֲמַר֙va.'a.Marand he said
Lemma: אֲמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0560
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:4, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 5:15, Jeremiah 10:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0560; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 7
לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.Dahto destroy
Lemma: אֲבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0007
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (AVhcc)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 7 times. Also: Jeremiah 10:11, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0007; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 8
לְכֹ֖לle.Khol<obj.> all
חַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.Mei[the] wise men of
Lemma: חַכִּים (chak.kim) · Strong's: H2445
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (AAampc)
Meaning: wise
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2445; TAHOT Daniel 2:12 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This [response] {made} | → | קֳבֵל H6903H before: because |
| . . . | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| so | → | שַׂגִּיא H7690 greatly |
| angry | → | בְּנַס H1149 be angry |
| and furious | → | קְצַף H7108 be angry |
| that he gave orders | → | אֲמַר H0560 to say |
| to destroy | → | אֲבַד H0007 to destroy |
| all | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| the wise men | → | חַכִּים H2445 wise |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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