H8065–שָׁמַ֫יִן–sha.ma.yin

`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We `are' servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

שְׁמַיָּ֜א (שְׁמַיָּ֜) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

and what they are needing -- both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who `are' in Jerusalem -- let be given to them day by day without fail,

שְׁמַיָּ֟א (שְׁמַיָּ֟) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

שְׁמַיָּ֑א (שְׁמַיָּ֑) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time:

שְׁמַיָּ֛א (שְׁמַיָּ֛) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`And by me -- I Artaxerxes the king -- is made a decree to all treasurers who `are' beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily:

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

all that `is' by the decree of the God of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons?

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”שְׁמַיָּ֑א (שְׁמַיָּ֑) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.

שְׁמַיָּ֥א (שְׁמַיָּ֥) she.mai.Ya “heavens”שְׁמַיָּ֖א (שְׁמַיָּ֖) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

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.

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

שְׁמַיָּֽא׃ (שְׁמַיָּֽ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which `is' to be in the latter end of the days. `Thy dream and the visions of thy head on thy bed are these:

בִּשְׁמַיָּא֙ (שְׁמַיָּ) sh.mai.Ya “heavens”

`Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

and whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou `art' this head of gold.

שְׁמַיָּא֙ (שְׁמַיָּ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed -- to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.

שְׁמַיָּ֤א (שְׁמַיָּ֤) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

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;

לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) sh.mai.Ya “heavens”

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.

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`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.

שְׁמַיָּ֖א (שְׁמַיָּ֖) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

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;

שְׁמַיָּא֙ (שְׁמַיָּ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) sh.mai.Ya “heavens”

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

שְׁמַיָּֽא׃ (שְׁמַיָּֽ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`Thou it `is', O king, for thou hast become great and mighty, and thy greatness hath become great, and hath reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth;

לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א (שְׁמַיָּ֔) sh.mai.Ya “heavens”

and that which the king hath seen -- a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; 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 it is wet, and with the beast of the field `is' his portion, till that seven times pass over him.

שְׁמַיָּ֡א (שְׁמַיָּ֡) she.mai.Ya “heavens”שְׁמַיָּ֣א (שְׁמַיָּ֣) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

שְׁמַיָּא֙ (שְׁמַיָּ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

And that which they said -- to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom for thee abideth, after that thou knowest that the heavens are ruling.

שְׁמַיָּֽא׃ (שְׁמַיָּֽ) she.mai.Ya “heavens”

`While the word is `in' the king's mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,

שְׁמַיָּ֣א (שְׁמַיָּ֣) she.mai.Ya “heavens”