Daniel 5:21
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.”
יְדַע
{to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}
שָׁמַיִן
heavens/ the
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שָׁמַיִן
{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}
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עַל
over/ it
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עַל
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
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עַד
until
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עַד
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
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דִּי
whom
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דִּי
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
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גֶּשֶׁם
body/ his
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גֶּשֶׁם
used in a peculiar sense, the body (probably for the (figuratively) idea of a hard rain)
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קוּם
he will appoint
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קוּם
{to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)}
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שַׁלִּיט
was having mastery
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שַׁלִּיט
mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier
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טְעַם
they fed/ him
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טְעַם
to taste; causatively to feed
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בַּר
the sons of
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בַּר
a son, grandson, etc.
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עִלַּי
Most High/ the
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עִלַּי
supreme (i.e. God)
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שְׁוָה
they made
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שְׁוָה
to resemble
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מְדוֹר
dwelling place/ his
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מְדוֹר
a dwelling
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צְבָא
he will be pleased
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צְבָא
to please
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עֲרָד
wild donkeys/ the
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עֲרָד
an onager
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חֵיוָא
animals/ the
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חֵיוָא
an animal
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טְרַד
he was chased
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טְרַד
to expel
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צְבַע
it became wet
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צְבַע
to dip
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