Daniel 4:16 Go deeper
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Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. (KJV)
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לִבְבֵהּ֙li.Vehheart its
Lemma: לְבַב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3825
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 2:30, Daniel 5:20, Daniel 5:21, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3825; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 1
מִן\־min-away from
יְשַׁנּ֔וֹןye.sha.Nonlet it be changed
Lemma: שְׁנָא (she.na) · Strong's: H8133
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVpi3mp)
Meaning: to change
Used 20 times. Also: Ezra 6:11, Ezra 6:12, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 3:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8133; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 3
וּלְבַ֥בu.le.Vavand [the] heart of
Lemma: לְבַב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3825
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 2:30, Daniel 5:20, Daniel 5:21, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3825; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 4
חֵיוָ֖הchei.Vahan animal
Lemma: חֵיוָא (che.va) · Strong's: H2423
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (ANcfsa)
Meaning: beast
Used 20 times. Also: Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:12, Daniel 4:14, Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:21, Daniel 4:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2423; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 5
יִתְיְהִ֣בyit.ye.Hivlet it be given
Lemma: יְהַב (ye.hav) · Strong's: H3052
Parsing: Verb · Hitpael (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVui3ms)
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 4:16 word 6
וְשִׁבְעָ֥הve.shiv.'Ahand seven
Lemma: שִׁבְעָה (shiv.ah) · Strong's: H7655
Parsing: Acfsa (Acfsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 7:14, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7655; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 7
עִדָּנִ֖ין'i.da.Nintimes
Lemma: עִדָּן (id.dan) · Strong's: H5732
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: time
Used 13 times. Also: Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 4:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5732; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 8
יַחְלְפ֥וּןyach.le.Funlet them pass
Lemma: חֲלַף (cha.laph) · Strong's: H2499
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqi3mp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 4 times. Also: Daniel 4:23, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2499; TAHOT Daniel 4:16 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let his mind | → | לְבַב H3825 heart |
| be changed | → | שְׁנָא H8133 to change |
| from | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| that of a man | → | אֱנָשׁ H0606 man |
| and let him be given | → | יְהַב H3052 to give |
| the mind | → | לְבַב H3825 heart |
| of a beast | → | חֵיוָא H2423 beast |
| till seven | → | שִׁבְעָה H7655 seven |
| times | → | עִדָּן H5732 time |
| pass him | → | חֲלַף H2499 to pass |
| by | → | עַל H5922 since |
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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