Daniel 2:31 Go deeper
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Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. (KJV)
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מַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'king O
חָזֵ֤הcha.Zehseeing
Lemma: חֲזָה (cha.zah) · Strong's: H2370
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVqrmsa)
Meaning: to see
Used 31 times. Also: Ezra 4:14, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:26, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:41, Daniel 2:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2370; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 2
הֲוַ֙יְתָ֙ha.Vay.tayou were
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (AVqp2ms)
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 2:31 word 3
וַאֲל֨וּva.'a.Luand lo!
Lemma: אֲלוּ (a.lu) · Strong's: H0431
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (ATj)
Meaning: behold
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:13, Daniel 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0431; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 4
צְלֵ֥םtze.Leman image
Lemma: צְלֵם (tse.lem) · Strong's: H6755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: image
Used 17 times. Also: Daniel 2:32, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6755; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 5
חַד֙chadone
Lemma: חַד (chad) · Strong's: H2298
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAcbsa)
Meaning: one
Used 14 times. Also: Ezra 4:8, Ezra 5:13, Ezra 6:2, Ezra 6:3, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2298; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 6
שַׂגִּ֔יאsa.Gi'great
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 2:12, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7690; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 7
צַלְמָ֨אtzal.Ma'image the
Lemma: צְלֵם (tse.lem) · Strong's: H6755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: image
Used 17 times. Also: Daniel 2:32, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6755; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 8
דִּכֵּ֥ןdi.Kenthis
Lemma: דִּכֵּן (dik.ken) · Strong's: H1797
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (ATm)
Meaning: this
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 7:20, Daniel 7:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1797; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 9
רַ֛בrav[was] great
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7229
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)
Meaning: great
Used 15 times. Also: Ezra 4:10, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7229; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 10
וְזִיוֵ֥הּve.zi.Vehand splendor its
Lemma: זִיו (ziv) · Strong's: H2122
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: splendor
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 4:36, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:9, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 7:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2122; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 11
יַתִּ֖ירya.Tirextraordinary
Lemma: יַתִּיר (yat.tir) · Strong's: H3493
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)
Meaning: preeminent
Used 8 times. Also: Daniel 3:22, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 5:12, Daniel 5:14, Daniel 6:3, Daniel 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3493; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 12
קָאֵ֣םka.'Em[was] standing
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6966I
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVqrmsa)
Meaning: to stand: establish
Used 25 times. Also: Ezra 6:18, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6966I; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 13
לְקָבְלָ֑ךְle.ka.ve.Lakh<to> before you
Lemma: קֳבֵל (qe.vel) · Strong's: H6903G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: before
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:16, Ezra 6:13, Daniel 3:3, Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:5, Daniel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6903G; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 14
וְרֵוֵ֖הּve.re.Vehand appearance its
Lemma: רֵו (rev) · Strong's: H7299
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: appearance
Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 3:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7299; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 word 15
דְּחִֽיל\׃de.Chil[was] terrible
Lemma: דְּחַל (de.chal) · Strong's: H1763
Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVQrmsa)
Meaning: to fear
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 4:5, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1763; TAHOT Daniel 2:31 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 |
| O king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| were watching | → | חֲזָה H2370 to see |
| . . . | → | הֲוָא H1934 to be |
| a | → | חַד H2298 one |
| great | → | שַׂגִּיא H7690 greatly |
| statue | → | צְלֵם H6755 image |
| appeared | → | אֲלוּ H0431 behold |
| A great | → | רַב H7229 great |
| and dazzling | → | זִיו H2122 splendor |
| statue | → | צְלֵם H6755 image |
| . . . | → | יַתִּיר H3493 preeminent |
| stood | → | קוּם H6966I to stand: establish |
| before you | → | קֳבֵל H6903G before |
| and its form | → | רֵו H7299 appearance |
| [was] awesome | → | דְּחַל H1763 to fear |
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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