H9002–/וְ–v

He answered and hath said, `Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth `is' like to a son of the gods.'

וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲבָ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וְרֵוֵהּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Nebuchadnezzar hath drawn near to the gate of the burning fiery furnace; he hath answered and said, `Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of God Most High come forth, yea, come;' then come forth do Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, from the midst of the fire;

וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבֵד־ (וַ) va. “and”וֶאֱת֑וֹ (וֶ) ve. “and”וַעֲבֵ֥ד (וַ) va. “and”

and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counsellors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire hath no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head hath not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire hath not passed on them.

וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין (וּ֠) U. “and”וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂעַ֤ר (וּ) u. “and”וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֵ֣יחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, `Blessed `is' the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God.

וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבֵ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וְשֵׁיזִ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלַּ֤ת (וּ) u. “and”וִיהַ֣בוּ (וִ) vi. “and”וְלָֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.'

וּמִנִּי֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשָּׁ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבֵ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וּבַיְתֵ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the king hath caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.

וַעֲבֵ֥ד (וַ) va. “and”

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great!

וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”

His signs how great! and His wonders how mighty! His kingdom `is' a kingdom age-during, and His rule `is' with generation and generation.

וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָֽר׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

`I, Nebuchadnezzar, have been at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:

וְרַעְנַ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶזְוֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּמִנִּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶלְמָ֗א (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

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:

וְעַ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶלְמָ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

`O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods `is' in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height `is' great:

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲל֥וּ (וַ) va. “and”וְרוּמֵ֥הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

וּתְקִ֑ף (וּ) u. “and”וְרוּמֵהּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ (וַ) va. “and”

its leaves `are' fair, and its budding great, and food for all `is' in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.

וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָז֨וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעַנְפ֙וֹהִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִנֵּ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

`I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.

וַאֲלוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

He is calling mightily, and thus hath said, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its budding, move away let the beast from under it, and the birds from off its branches;

וְכֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְקַצִּ֣צוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַדַּ֣רוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְצִפְּרַיָּ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens is it wet, and with the beasts `is' his portion in the herb of the earth;

וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּנְחָ֔שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְטַ֤ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

his heart from man's is changed, and the heart of a beast is given to him, and seven times pass over him;

וּלְבַ֥ב (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

by the decree of the sifters `is' the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

וּמֵאמַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמַן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁפַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

`This dream I have seen, I king Nebuchadnezzar; and thou, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation tell, because that all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to cause me to know the interpretation, and thou `art' able, for the spirit of the holy gods `is' in thee.

וְאַ֨נְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַ֣נְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

`Then Daniel, whose name `is' Belteshazzar, hath been astonished about one hour, and his thoughts do trouble him; the king hath answered and said, O Belteshazzar, let not the dream and its interpretation trouble thee. Belteshazzar hath answered and said, My lord, the dream -- to those hating thee, and its interpretation -- to thine enemies!

וְרַעְיֹנֹ֖הִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִשְׁרֵא֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִשְׁרֵ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”