Daniel 2:38 Go deeper
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And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. (KJV)
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וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and over all
דִּ֣יdithat
בְּֽנֵי\־be.nei-[the] sons of
Lemma: בַּר (bar) · Strong's: H1247I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: son
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 6:16, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 3:25, Daniel 5:13, Daniel 5:21, Daniel 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1247I; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 3
אֲ֠נָשָׁא'A.na.sha'<the> humankind
Lemma: אֱנָשׁ (e.nash) · Strong's: H0606
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: man
Used 23 times. Also: Ezra 4:11, Ezra 6:11, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:43, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0606; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 4
חֵיוַ֨תchei.Vat[the] animal[s] of
Lemma: חֵיוָא (che.va) · Strong's: H2423
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: beast
Used 20 times. Also: Daniel 4:12, Daniel 4:14, Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:16, Daniel 4:21, Daniel 4:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2423; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 5
בָּרָ֤אba.Ra'field the
Lemma: בַּר (bar) · Strong's: H1251
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: field
Used 8 times. Also: Daniel 4:12, Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:21, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1251; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 6
וְעוֹף\־ve.'of-and [the] bird[s] of
Lemma: עוֹף (oph) · Strong's: H5776
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: bird
Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5776; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 7
שְׁמַיָּא֙she.mai.Ya'heavens the
יְהַ֣בye.Havhe has given
Lemma: יְהַב (ye.hav) · Strong's: H3052
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to give
Used 28 times. Also: Ezra 4:20, Ezra 5:12, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 5:16, Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3052; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 9
בִּידָ֔ךְbi.Dakhin hand your
Lemma: יַד (yad) · Strong's: H3028
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 17 times. Also: Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:12, Ezra 6:12, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:25, Daniel 2:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3028; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 10
וְהַשְׁלְטָ֖ךְve.hash.le.Takhand he has made ruler you
Lemma: שְׁלֵט (she.let) · Strong's: H7981
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVhp3ms)
Meaning: to rule
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 2:39, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 6:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7981; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 11
בְּכָלְּה֑וֹןbe.kha.le.Honover all of them
ה֔וּאHu'[are] it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1932
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (APp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 22 times. Also: Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:15, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:20, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1932; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 13
רֵאשָׁ֖הre.Shah'head the
Lemma: רֵאשׁ (resh) · Strong's: H7217
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: head
Used 14 times. Also: Ezra 5:10, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:32, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7217; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 14
דִּ֥יdiof
דַהֲבָֽא\׃da.ha.Va'<the> gold
Lemma: דְּהַב (de.hav) · Strong's: H1722
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: gold
Used 23 times. Also: Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:5, Ezra 7:15, Ezra 7:16, Ezra 7:18, Daniel 2:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1722; TAHOT Daniel 2:38 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Wherever | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| the sons | → | H1123 |
| of men | → | אֱנָשׁ H0606 man |
| or beasts | → | חֵיוָא H2423 beast |
| of the field | → | בַּר H1251 field |
| or birds | → | עוֹף H5776 bird |
| of the air | → | שָׁמַ֫יִן H8065 heaven |
| dwell | → | דּוּר H1753 to dwell |
| He has given [them] | → | יְהַב H3052 to give |
| into your hand | → | יַד H3028 hand |
| and has made you ruler | → | שְׁלֵט H7981 to rule |
| over them all | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| You [are] | → | אַנְתָּה H0607 you |
| that | → | הוּא H1932 he/she/it |
| head | → | רֵאשׁ H7217 head |
| of | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| gold | → | דְּהַב H1722 gold |
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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