Daniel 2:48 Go deeper
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Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. (KJV)
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אֱדַ֨יִן'e.Da.yinthen
מַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'king the
לְדָנִיֵּ֣אלle.da.ni.Yel<obj.> 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 2:16, Daniel 2:17, Daniel 2:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1841H; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 3
רַבִּ֗יra.Bihe made great
Lemma: רְבָה (re.vah) · Strong's: H7236
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVpp3ms)
Meaning: to grow great
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7236; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 4
וּמַתְּנָ֨ןu.ma.te.Nanand gifts
Lemma: מַתְּנָא (mat.t.na) · Strong's: H4978
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (ANcfpa)
Meaning: gift
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 2:6, Daniel 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4978; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 5
רַבְרְבָ֤ןrav.re.Vangreat
Lemma: רַבְרַב (rav.rav) · Strong's: H7260
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (AAafpa)
Meaning: great
Used 8 times. Also: Daniel 4:3, Daniel 7:3, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7260; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 6
שַׂגִּיאָן֙sa.gi.'Anmany
Lemma: שַׂגִּיא (sag.gi) · Strong's: H7690
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (AAafpa)
Meaning: greatly
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7690; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 7
יְהַב\־ye.hav-he gave
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 2:48 word 8
וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּve.Hash.le.Tehand he made ruler him
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 2:38, Daniel 2:39, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 6:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7981; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 9
עַ֖ל'alover
כָּל\־kol-all
מְדִינַ֣תme.di.Nat[the] province of
Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: province
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:2, Ezra 7:16, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4083; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 12
בָּבֶ֑לba.VelBabylon
וְרַב\־ve.rav-and chief of
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7229
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: great
Used 15 times. Also: Ezra 4:10, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7229; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 14
סִגְנִ֔יןsig.Ninprefects
Lemma: סְגַן (se.gan) · Strong's: H5460
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: prefect
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 6:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5460; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 15
עַ֖ל'alover
כָּל\־kol-all
חַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.Mei[the] wise men of
Lemma: חַכִּים (chak.kim) · Strong's: H2445
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (AAampc)
Meaning: wise
Used 14 times. Also: Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2445; TAHOT Daniel 2:48 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | אֱדַ֫יִן H0116 then |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| promoted | → | רְבָה H7236 to grow great |
| Daniel | → | דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל H1841H Daniel |
| and gave | → | יְהַב H3052 to give |
| him | → | |
| many | → | שַׂגִּיא H7690 greatly |
| generous | → | רַבְרַב H7260 great |
| gifts | → | מַתְּנָא H4978 gift |
| He made him ruler | → | שְׁלֵט H7981 to rule |
| over | → | עַל H5922 since |
| the entire | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| province | → | מְדִינָה H4083 province |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
| and chief | → | רַב H7229 great |
| administrator | → | סְגַן H5460 prefect |
| over | → | עַל H5922 since |
| all | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| the wise men | → | חַכִּים H2445 wise |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
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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