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Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. (KJV)
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וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אלve.Da.ni.Yeland Daniel
Lemma: דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל (da.niy.yel) · Strong's: H1841H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Daniel
Used 52 times. Also: Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:17, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1841H; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 1
עַ֖ל'alhe went in
Lemma: עֲלַל (a.lal) · Strong's: H5954
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come
Used 11 times. Also: Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 4:6, Daniel 4:8, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5954; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 2
וּבְעָ֣הu.ve.'Ahand he asked
Lemma: בְּעָא (be.a) · Strong's: H1156
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to ask
Used 12 times. Also: Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:23, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 6:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1156; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 3
מִן\־min-from
מַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'king the
דִּ֚יdithat
זְמָ֣ןze.Mantime
Lemma: זְמַן (ze.man) · Strong's: H2166
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: time
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:8, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2166; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 7
יִנְתֵּן\־yin.ten-he will give
Lemma: נְתַן (ne.tan) · Strong's: H5415H
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5415H; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 8
וּפִשְׁרָ֖אu.fish.Ra'and interpretation the
Lemma: פְּשַׁר (pe.shar) · Strong's: H6591
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: interpretation
Used 30 times. Also: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:7, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6591; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 9
לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥הle.ha.cha.va.Yahto declare
Lemma: חֲוָה (cha.vah) · Strong's: H2324
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (AVhcc)
Meaning: to show
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:7, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2324; TAHOT Daniel 2:16 word 10
לְמַלְכָּֽא\׃\ \פle.mal.Ka'to king the
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Daniel | → | דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל H1841H Daniel |
| went in | → | עֲלַל H5954 to come |
| and asked | → | בְּעָא H1156 to ask |
| . . . | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| to give | → | נְתַן H5415H to give: put |
| him | → | |
| some time | → | זְמַן H2166 time |
| so that he could give | → | חֲוָה H2324 to show |
| [him] | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| the interpretation | → | פְּשַׁר H6591 interpretation |
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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