KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Therefore” | וּמִנִּי֙ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of | Therefore |
| “made I” | שִׂ֣ים | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | made |
| “a decree” | טְעֵ֔ם | Properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively) | decree |
| “to bring in” | לְהַנְעָלָ֣ה | To enter; causatively, to introduce | bring |
| “all” | לְכֹ֖ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the wise” | חַכִּימֵ֣י | Wise, i.e., a Magian | wise |
| “men” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “of Babylon” | בָבֶ֑ל | Babel (i.e., Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire | Babylon |
| “before me,” | קָֽדָמַ֔י | Before | before |
| “that” | דִּֽי | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | that |
| “they might make known” | יְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּֽנִי׃ | To inform | might make known |
| “unto me the interpretation” | פְשַׁ֥ר | An interpretation | interpretation |
| “of the dream.” | חֶלְמָ֖א | A dream | dream |
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4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
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 before him I told the dream, saying,
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