Daniel 2:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֛וּא גָּלֵ֥א עַמִּיקָתָ֖א וּמְסַתְּרָתָ֑א יָדַע֙ מָ֣ה בַחֲשׁוֹכָ֔א *ונהירא **וּנְהוֹרָ֖א עִמֵּ֥הּ שְׁרֵֽא׃

Transliteration

He gālēʾ ʿammîqātāʾ and-məsattərātāʾ; yādaʿ what in-ḥăšôkāʾ, and-nəhôrāʾ with-him šərēʾ.

Grammar Details

• *gālēʾ*: verb, Pael participle, masculine singular - reveals
• *ʿammîqātāʾ*: adjective/noun, feminine plural, emphatic state - deep things
• *məsattərātāʾ*: verb, Pael participle, feminine plural, emphatic state - hidden things
• *yādaʿ*: verb, Peal participle, masculine singular - knows
• *ḥăšôkāʾ*: noun, masculine, emphatic state - darkness
• *nəhôrāʾ*: noun, masculine, emphatic state - light
• *šərēʾ*: verb, Peal participle, masculine singular - dwells

Word Meanings

• *gālēʾ*: reveals/uncovers
• *ʿammîqātāʾ*: deep things/depths
• *məsattərātāʾ*: hidden things/secrets
• *yādaʿ*: knows/perceives
• *ḥăšôkāʾ*: darkness/obscurity
• *nəhôrāʾ*: light/illumination
• *šərēʾ*: dwells/resides/abides

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:22 : 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
• 1 John 1:5 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• Dan 5:11 : 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
• Dan 5:14 : 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
• Job 26:6 : 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
• Ps 139:11-12 : 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
• Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
• Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
• Dan 2:11 : 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
• Dan 2:28-29 : 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh 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; 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
• Isa 41:22 : 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
• Isa 41:26 : 26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
• Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Gen 37:5-9 : 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
• Gen 41:16 : 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
• Gen 41:25-28 : 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
• Matt 13:13 : 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
• Luke 12:2-3 : 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
• John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 12:45-46 : 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
• John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 2:9-9 : 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;