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I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (KJV)
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חֵ֥לֶםChe.lema dream
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶם (che.lem) · Strong's: H2493
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: dream
Used 22 times. Also: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:7, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2493; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 1
חֲזֵ֖יתcha.ZeitI saw
Lemma: חֲזָה (cha.zah) · Strong's: H2370
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (AVqp1cs)
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 4:5 word 2
וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִיvi.da.cha.li.Na.niand it made afraid me
Lemma: דְּחַל (de.chal) · Strong's: H1763
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVpu3ms)
Meaning: to fear
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 2:31, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1763; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 3
וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ve.har.ho.Rinand imaginings
Lemma: הַרְהֹר (har.hor) · Strong's: H2031
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: fantasies
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2031; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 4
עַֽל\־'al-on
מִשְׁכְּבִ֔יmish.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 4:10, Daniel 4:13, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4903; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 6
וְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.Veiand [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 4:9, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:13, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2376; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 7
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 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7217; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 8
יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי\׃ye.va.ha.lu.Na.nithey alarmed me
Lemma: בְּהַל (be.hal) · Strong's: H0927
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVpi3mp)
Meaning: to dismay
Used 11 times. Also: Daniel 2:25, Daniel 3:24, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:9, Daniel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0927; TAHOT Daniel 4:5 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I had | → | חֲזָה H2370 to see |
| a dream | → | חֵ֫לֶם H2493 dream |
| and it frightened me | → | דְּחַל H1763 to fear |
| while [I was] in | → | עַל H5922 since |
| my bed | → | מִשְׁכַּב H4903 bed |
| the images | → | הַרְהֹר H2031 fantasies |
| and visions | → | חֱזוּ H2376 vision |
| in my mind | → | רֵאשׁ H7217 head |
| alarmed me | → | בְּהַל H0927 to dismay |
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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