Daniel 6:18 Go deeper
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. (KJV)
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אֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinthen
אֲזַ֨ל'a.Zalhe went
Lemma: אֲזַל (a.zal) · Strong's: H0236
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to go
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:23, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:15, Daniel 2:17, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 6:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0236; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 2
מַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'king the
לְהֵֽיכְלֵהּ֙le.hei.khe.Lehto palace his
Lemma: הֵיכַל (he.khal) · Strong's: H1965H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: temple: palace
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 4:14, Daniel 4:4, Daniel 4:29, Daniel 5:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1965H; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 4
וּבָ֣תu.Vatand he passed [the] night
Lemma: בִּית (but) · Strong's: H0956
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to lodge
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0956; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 5
טְוָ֔תte.Vatfasting
Lemma: טְוָת (te.vat) · Strong's: H2908
Parsing: Adverb (AD)
Meaning: fasting
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2908; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 6
וְדַחֲוָ֖ןve.da.cha.Vanand thrusting [women]
Lemma: דַּחֲוָה (da.cha.vah) · Strong's: H1761
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (ANcfpa)
Meaning: diversion
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1761; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 7
לָא\־la'-not
הַנְעֵ֣לhan.'Elhe brought in
Lemma: עֲלַל (a.lal) · Strong's: H5954
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVhp3ms)
Meaning: to come
Used 11 times. Also: Daniel 2:16, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 4:6, Daniel 4:8, Daniel 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5954; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 9
קָֽדָמ֑וֹהִיka.da.Mo.hibefore him
Lemma: קֳדָם (qo.dam) · Strong's: H6925
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: before
Used 38 times. Also: Ezra 4:18, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:19, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6925; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 10
וְשִׁנְתֵּ֖הּve.shin.Tehand sleep his
Lemma: שְׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8139
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: sleep
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8139; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 11
נַדַּ֥תna.Datit fled
Lemma: נְדַד (ne.dad) · Strong's: H5075
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (AVqp3fs)
Meaning: to flee
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5075; TAHOT Daniel 6:18 word 12
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 |
| went | → | אֲזַל H0236 to go |
| to his palace | → | הֵיכַל H1965H temple: palace |
| and spent the night | → | בִּית H0956 to lodge |
| fasting | → | טְוָת H2908 fasting |
| No | → | לָא H3809 not |
| entertainment | → | דַּחֲוָה H1761 diversion |
| was brought | → | עֲלַל H5954 to come |
| before him | → | קֳדָם H6925 before |
| and sleep | → | שְׁנָה H8139 sleep |
| fled | → | נְדַד H5075 to flee |
| from him | → | 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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