Daniel 2:42 Go deeper
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And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. (KJV)
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וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙ve.'etz.be.'Atand [the] toes of
Lemma: אֶצְבַּע (ets.ba) · Strong's: H0677
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (ANcfpc)
Meaning: digit
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 2:41, Daniel 5:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0677; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 1
רַגְלַיָּ֔אrag.lai.Ya'feet the
Lemma: רְגַל (re.gal) · Strong's: H7271
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: foot
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 2:33, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:41, Daniel 7:4, Daniel 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7271; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 2
פַּרְזֶ֖לpar.Zeliron
Lemma: פַּרְזֶל (par.zel) · Strong's: H6523
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: iron
Used 20 times. Also: Daniel 2:33, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:40, Daniel 2:41, Daniel 2:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6523; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 3
חֲסַ֑ףcha.Safclay
Lemma: חֲסַף (cha.saph) · Strong's: H2635
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: clay
Used 9 times. Also: Daniel 2:33, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:41, Daniel 2:43, Daniel 2:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2635; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 4
מִן\־min-from
קְצָ֤תke.Tzat[the] part of
Lemma: קְצָת (qe.tsat) · Strong's: H7118
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: end
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 4:29, Daniel 4:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7118; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 6
מַלְכוּתָא֙mal.khu.Ta'kingdom the
Lemma: מַלְכוּ (mal.khu) · Strong's: H4437
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Definite (ANcfsd)
Meaning: kingdom
Used 57 times. Also: Ezra 4:24, Ezra 6:15, Ezra 7:13, Ezra 7:23, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4437; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 7
תֶּהֱוֵ֣הte.he.Vehit will be
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (AVqi3fs)
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 2:42 word 8
תַקִּיפָ֔הta.ki.Fahstrong
Lemma: תַּקִּיף (taq.qiph) · Strong's: H8624
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (AAafsa)
Meaning: strong
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 4:20, Daniel 2:40, Daniel 4:3, Daniel 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8624; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 9
וּמִנַּ֖הּu.mi.Nahand from it
תֶּהֱוֵ֥הte.he.Vehit will be
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (AVqi3fs)
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 2:42 word 11
תְבִירָֽה\׃te.vi.Rahbreakable
Lemma: תְּבַר (te.var) · Strong's: H8406
Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (AVQrfsa)
Meaning: to break
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8406; TAHOT Daniel 2:42 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And as the toes | → | אֶצְבַּע H0677 digit |
| of the feet | → | רְגַל H7271 foot |
| were partly | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| iron | → | פַּרְזֶל H6523 iron |
| . . . | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| and partly | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| clay | → | חֲסַף H2635 clay |
| so this kingdom | → | מַלְכוּ H4437 kingdom |
| will be | → | הֲוָא H1934 to be |
| partly | → | קְצָת H7118 end |
| strong | → | תַּקִּיף H8624 strong |
| and partly | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| brittle | → | תְּבַר H8406 to break |
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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