H6925–קֳדָם–qo.dam

The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

קָדָמָֽי׃ (קָדָמָֽ) ka.da.Ma “before”

Then from the time that a copy of the letter of king Artaxerxes is read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they have gone in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and caused them to cease by force and strength;

קֳדָם־ ko.dom- “before”

because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the law of God that `is' in thy hand,

קֳדָ֨ם ko.Dam “before”

`And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem;

קֳדָ֖ם ko.Dam “before”

and if the dream and its interpretation ye do shew, gifts, and fee, and great glory ye receive from before me, therefore the dream and its interpretation shew ye me.'

קֳדָמָ֑י (קֳדָמָ֑) ko.da.Ma “before”

`so' that, if the dream ye do not cause me to know -- one is your sentence, seeing a word lying and corrupt ye have prepared to speak before me, till that the time is changed, therefore the dream tell ye to me, then do I know that its interpretation ye do shew me.'

קָֽדָמַ֔י (קָֽדָמַ֔) ka.da.Ma “before”

The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, `There is not a man on the earth who is able to shew the king's matter; therefore, no king, chief, and ruler, hath asked such a thing as this of any scribe, and enchanter, and Chaldean;

קֳדָם־ ko.dom- “before”

and the thing that the king is asking `is' precious, and others are there not that do shew it before the king, save the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

He hath answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, `Wherefore `is' the sentence so urgent from before the king?' Then Arioch hath made the thing known to Daniel,

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they destroy not Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

קֳדָם֙ ko.Dam “before”

Therefore Daniel hath gone up unto Arioch, whom the king hath appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he hath gone, and thus hath said to him, `The wise men of Babylon thou dost not destroy, bring me up before the king, and the interpretation to the king I do shew.'

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

Then Arioch in haste hath brought up Daniel before the king, and thus hath said to him -- `I have found a man of the sons of the Removed of Judah, who the interpretation to the king doth make known.'

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

Daniel hath answered before the king and said, `The secret that the king is asking, the wise men, the enchanters, the scribes, the soothsayers, are not able to shew to the king;

קֳדָ֥ם ko.Dam “before”

This `is' the dream, and its interpretation we do tell before the king.

קֳדָם־ ko.dom- “before”

Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.

קֳדָ֥ם ko.Dam “before”

The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.

קָֽדָמַ֖י (קָֽדָמַ֖) ka.da.Ma “before”

And by me a decree is made, to cause all the wise men of Babylon to come up before me, that the interpretation of the dream they may cause me to know.

קָֽדָמַ֔י (קָֽדָמַ֔) ka.da.Ma “before”

Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.

קֳדָ֣מֵיה֔וֹן (קֳדָ֣מֵי) ko.Da.mei. “before”

And at last come up before me hath Daniel, whose name `is' Belteshazzar -- according to the name of my god -- and in whom `is' the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:

קָֽדָמַ֨י (קָֽדָמַ֨) ka.da.Ma “before”קָֽדָמ֥וֹהִי (קָֽדָמ֥וֹ) ka.da.Mo. “before”

Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who `art' of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:

קָֽדָמַ֗י (קָֽדָמַ֗) ka.da.Ma “before”

Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

קֳדָ֣ם ko.Dam “before”

and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

קֳדָמ֑וֹהִי (קֳדָמ֑וֹ) ko.da.Mo. “before”

and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand `is' thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

קָֽדָמָ֗ךְ (קָֽדָמָ֗) ka.da.ma.yi “before”

`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

קֳדָמ֔וֹהִי (קֳדָמ֔וֹ) ko.da.Mo. “before”