Daniel 4:13 Go deeper
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I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (KJV)
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חָזֵ֥הcha.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 2:31, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2370; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 1
הֲוֵ֛יתha.VeitI was
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (AVqp1cs)
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 4:13 word 2
בְּחֶזְוֵ֥יbe.chez.Veiin [the] visions of
Lemma: חֱזוּ (che.zev) · Strong's: H2376
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: vision
Used 12 times. Also: Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:9, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2376; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 3
רֵאשִׁ֖יre.Shihead my
Lemma: רֵאשׁ (resh) · Strong's: H7217
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: head
Used 14 times. Also: Ezra 5:10, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:32, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 4:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7217; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 4
עַֽל\־'al-on
מִשְׁכְּבִ֑יmish.ke.Vibed my
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 2:29, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4903; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 6
וַאֲלוּ֙va.'a.Luand lo!
Lemma: אֲלוּ (a.lu) · Strong's: H0431
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (ATj)
Meaning: behold
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 2:31, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0431; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 7
עִ֣יר'ira watcher
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5894
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: watcher
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5894; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 8
וְקַדִּ֔ישׁve.ka.Dishand a holy [one]
Lemma: קַדִּישׁ (qad.dish) · Strong's: H6922
Parsing: Aabsa (Aabsa)
Meaning: holy
Used 13 times. Also: Daniel 4:8, Daniel 4:9, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:18, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6922; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 9
מִן\־min-from
שְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'heavens the
נָחִֽת\׃na.Chit[was] coming down
Lemma: נְחֵת (ne.chat) · Strong's: H5182
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVqrmsa)
Meaning: to descend
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:1, Ezra 6:5, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 5:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5182; TAHOT Daniel 4:13 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As I lay | → | עַל H5922 since |
| on my bed | → | מִשְׁכַּב H4903 bed |
| . . . | → | אֲלוּ H0431 behold |
| I also saw | → | חֲזָה H2370 to see |
| . . . | → | הֲוָא H1934 to be |
| in the visions | → | חֱזוּ H2376 vision |
| of my mind | → | רֵאשׁ H7217 head |
| a watcher | → | עִיר H5894 watcher |
| a holy one | → | קַדִּישׁ H6922 holy |
| coming down | → | נְחֵת H5182 to descend |
| from | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| heaven | → | שָׁמַ֫יִן H8065 heaven |
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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