Daniel 5:16
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
עַל
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
לְבַשׁ
you will be clothed
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לְבַשׁ
{properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively}
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שְׁמַע
I have heard
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שְׁמַע
{to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)}
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יְכֵל
you are able
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יְכֵל
{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
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צַוַּאר
neck/ your
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צַוַּאר
{the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)}
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שְׁלֵט
you will rule
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שְׁלֵט
{to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit}
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כְּתָב
writing/ the
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כְּתָב
{something written, i.e. a writing, record or book}
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הֵן
if
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הֵן
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
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פְּשַׁר
interpretations
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פְּשַׁר
an interpretation
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