Daniel 2:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרַ֡ם אִיתַ֞י אֱלָ֤הּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא֙ גָּלֵ֣א רָזִ֔ין וְהוֹדַ֗ע לְמַלְכָּא֙ נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר מָ֛ה דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֵ֖א בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית יוֹמַיָּ֑א חֶלְמָ֨ךְ וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשָׁ֛ךְ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֖ךְ דְּנָ֥ה הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

Bəram there-is ʾĕlāh in-šəmayyāʾ gālēʾ rāzîn, and-hôdaʿ to-malkāʾ Nəbûkadneṣṣar what that lehĕwēʾ in-ʾaḥărîth yômayyāʾ; ḥelmāk and-ḥezwê rēʾšāk upon-miškəbāk this it-is.

Grammar Details

• *Bəram*: adverb - however/but
• *ʾĕlāh*: noun, masculine - God
• *šəmayyāʾ*: noun, masculine plural, emphatic state - the heavens
• *gālēʾ*: verb, Pael participle, masculine singular - revealing
• *rāzîn*: noun, masculine plural - mysteries/secrets
• *hôdaʿ*: verb, Aphel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has made known
• *malkāʾ*: noun, masculine, emphatic state - the king
• *Nəbûkadneṣṣar*: proper noun, masculine - Nebuchadnezzar
• *lehĕwēʾ*: preposition + verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *ʾaḥărîth*: noun, feminine, construct state - end of/latter part of
• *yômayyāʾ*: noun, masculine plural, emphatic state - the days
• *ḥelmāk*: noun, masculine + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your dream
• *ḥezwê*: noun, masculine plural, construct state - visions of
• *rēʾšāk*: noun, masculine + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your head
• *miškəbāk*: noun, masculine + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your bed

Word Meanings

• *Bəram*: however/but/nevertheless
• *gālēʾ*: revealing/uncovering
• *rāzîn*: mysteries/secrets
• *hôdaʿ*: has made known/has revealed
• *lehĕwēʾ*: will be/shall happen
• *ʾaḥărîth yômayyāʾ*: latter days/end of days
• *ḥezwê rēʾšāk*: visions of your head/mental visions
• *miškəbāk*: your bed/couch

Referenced Verses

• Dan 10:14 : 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:
• Gen 49:1 : 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
• Gen 40:8 : 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.
• Gen 41:16 : 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
• Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
• Amos 4:13 : 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth— Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
• Isa 2:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come. 23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
• Jer 30:24 : 24 The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.
• Jer 48:47 : 47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
• Ezek 38:8 : 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
• Ezek 38:16 : 16 and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
• Dan 2:18 : 18 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
• Dan 2:22 : 22 he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
• Dan 2:47 : 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• 2 Tim 3:1 : 1 But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.
• Heb 1:1 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
• 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
• Num 24:14 : 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, [and] I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
• Deut 4:30 : 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:
• Deut 31:19 : 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
• Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.