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Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: (KJV)
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בֵּאדַ֣יִןbe.Da.yin<in> then
דָּנִיֵּ֗אלda.ni.YelDaniel
Lemma: דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל (da.niy.yel) · Strong's: H1841H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Daniel
Used 52 times. Also: Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:16, Daniel 2:17, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1841H; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 2
הֲתִיב֙ha.Tivhe sent back
Lemma: תּוּב (tuv) · Strong's: H8421I
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVhp3ms)
Meaning: to return: reply
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 5:5, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 3:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8421I; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 3
עֵטָ֣א'e.Ta'counsel
Lemma: עֵטָא (e.ta) · Strong's: H5843
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5843; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 4
וּטְעֵ֔םu.te.'Emand discretion
לְאַרְי֕וֹךְle.'ar.Yokhto Arioch
Lemma: אֲרְיוֹךְ (a.re.yokh) · Strong's: H0746B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Arioch
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0746B; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 6
רַב\־rav-[the] chief
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7229
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: great
Used 15 times. Also: Ezra 4:10, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7229; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 7
טַבָּחַיָּ֖אta.ba.chai.Ya'executioners the
Lemma: טַבָּח (tab.bach) · Strong's: H2877
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: guardsman
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2877; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 8
דִּ֣יdiof
מַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'king the
דִּ֚יdiwho
נְפַ֣קne.Fakhe went out
Lemma: נְפַק (ne.phaq) · Strong's: H5312
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to go out
Used 10 times. Also: Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:5, Daniel 2:13, Daniel 3:26, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5312; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 12
לְקַטָּלָ֔הle.ka.ta.Lahto kill
Lemma: קְטַל (qe.tal) · Strong's: H6992
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (AVpcc)
Meaning: to slay
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 2:13, Daniel 3:22, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 7:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6992; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 13
לְחַכִּימֵ֖יle.cha.ki.Mei<obj.> [the] wise men of
Lemma: חַכִּים (chak.kim) · Strong's: H2445
Parsing: Aampc (Aampc)
Meaning: wise
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2445; TAHOT Daniel 2:14 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | אֱדַ֫יִן H0116 then |
| Arioch | → | אֲרְיוֹךְ H0746B Arioch |
| the commander | → | רַב H7229 great |
| of the king’s | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| guard | → | טַבָּח H2877 guardsman |
| went out | → | נְפַק H5312 to go out |
| to execute | → | קְטַל H6992 to slay |
| the wise men | → | חַכִּים H2445 wise |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
| Daniel | → | דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל H1841H Daniel |
| responded | → | תּוּב H8421I to return: reply |
| with discretion | → | עֵטָא H5843 counsel |
| and tact | → | טְעֵם H2942 command |
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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