Daniel 2:29 Go deeper
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As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. (KJV)
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מַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'king O
רַעְיוֹנָךְ֙ra'.yo.noKhthought[s] your
Lemma: רַעְיוֹן (ra.yon) · Strong's: H7476
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: thought
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 2:30, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 7:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7476; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 2
עַל\־'al-on
מִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְmish.ke.Vakhbed your
Lemma: מִשְׁכַּב (mish.kav) · Strong's: H4903
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: bed
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 2:28, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:13, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4903; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 4
סְלִ֔קוּse.Li.kuthey came up
Lemma: סְלֵק (se.liq) · Strong's: H5559
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to ascend
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:12, Daniel 6:23, Daniel 7:3, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5559; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 5
מָ֛הmahwhat
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4101
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (APi)
Meaning: what?
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 4:22, Ezra 6:9, Ezra 7:18, Ezra 7:23, Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4101; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 6
דִּ֥יdithat
לֶהֱוֵ֖אle.he.Ve'it will be
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqi3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1934; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 8
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.Reiafter
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0311
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: after
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 2:45, Daniel 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0311; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 9
דְנָ֑הde.Nahthis
וְגָלֵ֧אve.ga.Le'and [one who] reveals
Lemma: גְּלָא (ge.lah) · Strong's: H1541
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVqrmsa)
Meaning: to reveal
Used 9 times. Also: Ezra 4:10, Ezra 5:12, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1541; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 11
רָזַיָּ֛אra.zai.Ya'<the> secrets
Lemma: רָז (raz) · Strong's: H7328
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: mystery
Used 9 times. Also: Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:27, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:30, Daniel 2:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7328; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 12
הוֹדְעָ֖ךְhod.'Akhhe has made known to you
Lemma: יְדַע (ye.da) · Strong's: H3046
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVhp3ms)
Meaning: to know
Used 47 times. Also: Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:14, Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3046; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 13
מָה\־mah-what
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4101
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (APi)
Meaning: what?
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 4:22, Ezra 6:9, Ezra 7:18, Ezra 7:23, Daniel 2:15, Daniel 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4101; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 14
דִ֥יdithat
לֶהֱוֵֽא\׃le.he.Ve'it will be
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqi3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1934; TAHOT Daniel 2:29 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As you | → | אַנְתָּה H0607 you |
| lay on | → | עַל H5922 since |
| your bed | → | מִשְׁכַּב H4903 bed |
| O king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| your thoughts | → | רַעְיוֹן H7476 thought |
| turned | → | סְלֵק H5559 to ascend |
| to | → | מָה H4101 what? |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| the future | → | אַחַר H0311 after |
| . . . | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| and the Revealer | → | גְּלָא H1541 to reveal |
| of Mysteries | → | רָז H7328 mystery |
| made known to you | → | יְדַע H3046 to know |
| what | → | מָה H4101 what? |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| will happen | → | הֲוָא H1934 to be |
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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