King James Version

Daniel 2:3

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

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וַיֹּ֧אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לָהֶ֛םlahemtoלָהֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toהַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.חֲל֣וֹםchalomdreamחֲלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dream”, the ordinary formH2472a dreamdream(-er).חָלָ֑מְתִּיchalametidreamחָלַםverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “dream”, a completed actionH2492properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.וַתִּפָּ֣עֶםvatipaemand moveפָּעַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and move”, the next action in the storyH6470to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitatemove, trouble.רוּחִ֔יruchiangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).לָדַ֖עַתladaatto knowיָדַעpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to know”, the to-form of the verbH3045to 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.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…אֶֽתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַחֲלֽוֹםhachalomthe dreamחֲלוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the dream”, the ordinary formH2472a dreamdream(-er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the king said unto them: 'I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the king saith to them, 'A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.'

World English Bible

The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”

Darby Translation

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

Douay-Rheims

And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the king said unto them: 'I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἑνυπνιάσθην, καὶ ἐξέστη τὸ πνεῦμά μου, τοῦ γνῶναι τὸ ἐνύπνιον.