Daniel 2:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

Transliteration

All because dənah malkaʾ bənas and uqətsaf śaggiʾ and waʾamar to ləhovadah to all ḥakkimei vavel.

Grammar Details

• *dənah*: Aramaic demonstrative pronoun - 'this'
• *malkaʾ*: Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the king'
• *bənas*: Aramaic peal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'became angry'
• *uqətsaf*: Aramaic conjunction with noun - 'and wrath'
• *śaggiʾ*: Aramaic adjective - 'much/great'
• *waʾamar*: Aramaic conjunction with peal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he commanded'
• *ləhovadah*: Aramaic preposition with haphel infinitive - 'to destroy'
• *ḥakkimei*: Aramaic noun, construct state plural - 'wise men of'
• *vavel*: Aramaic noun - 'Babylon'

Word Meanings

• *dənah*: this, this reason
• *bənas*: became angry, was furious, was enraged
• *uqətsaf*: and wrath, and rage, and fury
• *śaggiʾ*: much, great, exceeding
• *waʾamar*: and commanded, and ordered, and said
• *ləhovadah*: to destroy, to kill, to eliminate
• *ḥakkimei*: wise men of, sages of, learned men of
• *vavel*: Babylon

Referenced Verses

• Dan 3:13 : 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
• Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace {H2298} seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
• Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.
• Prov 16:14 : 14 The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
• Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
• Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
• Dan 2:5 : 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
• Job 5:2 : 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.