Daniel 2:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Daniel 2:5

3 And the king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to¹ know the dream.”

4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, ^a“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be ^acut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap.

6 ^aHowever, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

7 They answered again and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will give its interpretation.”

8 The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm:

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Interlinear Bible for Daniel 2:5:

The king
melek (#4430) answered
`anah (#6032) and said
'amar (#560) to the Chaldeans,
Kasday (#3779) The thing
millah (#4406) is gone
'azad (#230) from
min (#4481) me: if
hen (#2006) ye will not
la' (#3809) make known
yda` (#3046) unto me the dream,
chelem (#2493) with the interpretation
pshar (#6591) thereof, ye shall be cut
`abad (#5648) in pieces,
haddam (#1917) and your houses
bayith (#1005) shall be made
suwm (#7761) a dunghill.
nvaluw (#5122)

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