Daniel 2:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If you don’t inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation.”

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דִּ֣י הֵן־חֶלְמָא֩ לָ֨א תְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִי חֲדָה־הִ֣יא דָֽתְכ֗וֹן וּמִלָּ֨ה כִדְבָ֤ה וּשְׁחִיתָה֙ *הזמנתון **הִזְדְּמִנְתּוּן֙ לְמֵאמַ֣ר קָֽדָמַ֔י עַ֛ד דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א לָהֵ֗ן חֶלְמָא֙ אֱמַ֣רוּ לִ֔י וֽ͏ְאִנְדַּ֕ע דִּ֥י פִשְׁרֵ֖הּ תְּהַחֲוֻנַּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

That if ḥelmaʾ laʾ təhodʿunanni, one it is dathkhon, and millah khidhvah and shəḥithah hizdəminttun to lemeʾmar before me until that ʿiddanaʾ yishtanneʾ; therefore ḥelmaʾ ʾemaru to me, and wəʾindaʿ that pishreḥ təhaḥawunnani.

Grammar Details

• *ḥelmaʾ*: Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the dream'
• *laʾ*: Aramaic negative particle - 'not'
• *təhodʿunanni*: Aramaic haphel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with 1st singular suffix - 'you make known to me'
• *dathkhon*: Aramaic noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'your law/decree'
• *millah*: Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'word/matter'
• *khidhvah*: Aramaic adjective, feminine - 'lying/false'
• *shəḥithah*: Aramaic adjective, feminine - 'corrupt/false'
• *hizdəminttun*: Aramaic hithpaal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - 'you have prepared/agreed'
• *lemeʾmar*: Aramaic preposition with peal infinitive - 'to say/speak'
• *ʿiddanaʾ*: Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the time'
• *yishtanneʾ*: Aramaic hithpaal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'it changes'
• *ʾemaru*: Aramaic peal imperative, masculine plural - 'tell'
• *wəʾindaʿ*: Aramaic conjunction with peal imperfect, 1st singular - 'and I will know'
• *pishreḥ*: Aramaic noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'its interpretation'
• *təhaḥawunnani*: Aramaic haphel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with 1st singular suffix - 'you will show me'

Word Meanings

• *ḥelmaʾ*: the dream, the vision
• *laʾ*: not, no
• *təhodʿunanni*: you make known to me, you inform me, you tell me
• *dathkhon*: your law, your decree, your sentence
• *millah*: word, matter, thing, speech
• *khidhvah*: lying, false, deceitful
• *shəḥithah*: corrupt, false, deceitful
• *hizdəminttun*: you have prepared, you have agreed, you have conspired
• *lemeʾmar*: to say, to speak, to tell
• *ʿiddanaʾ*: the time, the period, the circumstances
• *yishtanneʾ*: changes, is altered, passes by
• *ʾemaru*: tell, speak, declare
• *wəʾindaʿ*: and I will know, and I will understand, and I will recognize
• *pishreḥ*: its interpretation, its meaning, its explanation
• *təhaḥawunnani*: you will show me, you will tell me, you can declare to me

Referenced Verses

• Esth 4:11 : 11 “All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court– that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!”
• Isa 41:23 : 23 Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?”
• Dan 7:25 : 25 He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.
• Dan 5:28 : 28 As for peres– your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
• Dan 5:31 : 31 (6:1) So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.
• Isa 44:25 : 25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
• Ezek 13:6 : 6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say,“the LORD declares,” though the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.
• Ezek 13:17 : 17 “As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!
• Prov 12:19 : 19 The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
• 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them,“Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said,“Attack! The Sovereign One will hand it over to the king.”
• 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 The LORD asked him,‘How?’ He replied,‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The LORD said,‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’