Daniel 4:9

World English Bible (2000)

Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָפְיֵ֤הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּמָז֨וֹן לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵ֑הּ תְּחֹת֜וֹהִי תַּטְלֵ֣ל ׀ חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֗א וּבְעַנְפ֙וֹהִי֙ *ידרון **יְדוּרָן֙ צִפֲּרֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א וּמִנֵּ֖הּ יִתְּזִ֥ין כָּל־בִּשְׂרָֽא׃

Transliteration

ʿāpəyēh šappîr wəʾinbēh śaggîʾ ûmāzôn ləḵōllāʾ-ḇēh təḥōṯôhî taṭlēl ḥêwaṯ bārāʾ ûḇəʿanpôhî yəḏûrān ṣippărê šəmayyāʾ ûminnēh yittəzîn kāl-biśrāʾ

Grammar Details

• *ʿāpəyēh*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its foliage
• *šappîr*: adjective, masculine singular - beautiful/fair
• *wəʾinbēh*: conjunction + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and its fruit
• *śaggîʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - abundant/great
• *ûmāzôn*: conjunction + noun - and food
• *ləḵōllāʾ-ḇēh*: preposition + noun + preposition with 3rd person masculine suffix - for all in it
• *təḥōṯôhî*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - under it
• *taṭlēl*: imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - found shade
• *ḥêwaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - beast of
• *bārāʾ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *ûḇəʿanpôhî*: conjunction + preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and in its branches
• *yəḏûrān*: imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - dwelled
• *ṣippărê*: noun, feminine plural construct - birds of
• *šəmayyāʾ*: noun with definite article - the heaven
• *ûminnēh*: conjunction + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and from it
• *yittəzîn*: imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - were fed
• *kāl-biśrāʾ*: adjective + noun - all flesh

Word Meanings

• *šappîr*: beautiful/fair/lovely
• *taṭlēl*: found shade/sheltered/took refuge
• *yəḏûrān*: dwelled/lived/nested
• *yittəzîn*: were fed/were nourished

Referenced Verses

• Dan 2:48 : 48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Dan 5:11 : 11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
• Dan 4:8 : 8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying],
• Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
• Gen 41:38 : 38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
• Ezek 28:3 : 3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
• Dan 1:20 : 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
• Dan 2:3-5 : 3 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
• Gen 11:6-8 : 6 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
• Gen 40:9-9 : 9 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, 10 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. 11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand." 12 Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. 13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer. 14 But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon." 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. 17 In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head." 18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. 19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
• Gen 41:15-36 : 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace." 17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river: 18 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass, 19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. 20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle, 21 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good: 23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me." 25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh. 26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one. 27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine. 28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. 30 There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land, 31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous. 32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years. 35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."
• Judg 7:13-15 : 13 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat." 14 His fellow answered, "This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army." 15 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, "Arise; for Yahweh has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!"
• 1 Sam 4:8 : 8 Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
• Isa 33:18 : 18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
• Isa 54:14 : 14 In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
• Dan 4:18 : 18 This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.