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Daniel 2:42

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

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וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙veetsbeatand fingerאֶצְבַּעconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and finger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH677{something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe}finger, toe.רַגְלַיָּ֔אraglayafootרְגַלnoun, common, feminine, plural, determined, definite article — “foot”, the definite formH7271{a foot, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda}foot.מנהוןmnhvnfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.מִנְּהֵ֥יןminheynfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.פַּרְזֶ֖לparzelironפַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH6523ironiron.ומנהוןvmnhvnand fromמִןconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.וּמִנְּהֵ֣יןuminheynand fromמִןconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.חֲסַ֑ףchasafclayחֲסַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “clay”, the ordinary formH2635a clodclay.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.קְצָ֤תqetsatpartlyקְצָתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “partly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7118{a termination (literally or figuratively); also (by implication) a portion; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after}end, partly.מַלְכוּתָא֙malkhutakingdomמַלְכוּnoun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “kingdom”, the definite formH4437dominion (abstractly or concretely)kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.תֶּהֱוֵ֣הtehevehbecomeהָוָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “become”, an unfinished actionH1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)be, become, [phrase] behold, [phrase] came (to pass), [phrase] cease, [phrase] cleave, [phrase] consider, [phrase] do, [phrase] give, [phrase] have, [phrase] judge, [phrase] keep, [phrase] labour, [phrase] mingle (self), [phrase] put, [phr…תַקִּיפָ֔הtaqifahmightyתַּקִּיףadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “mighty”, the ordinary formH8624{powerful}mighty, strong.וּמִנַּ֖הּuminahand fromמִןconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.תֶּהֱוֵ֥הtehevehbecomeהָוָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “become”, an unfinished actionH1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)be, become, [phrase] behold, [phrase] came (to pass), [phrase] cease, [phrase] cleave, [phrase] consider, [phrase] do, [phrase] give, [phrase] have, [phrase] judge, [phrase] keep, [phrase] labour, [phrase] mingle (self), [phrase] put, [phr…תְבִירָֽהtevirahbrokenתְּבַרverb, qal passive, passive participle, absolute — “broken”, a verb used as a describing wordH8406to be fragile (figuratively)broken.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Young’s Literal Translation

As to the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is strong, and some part of it is brittle.

World English Bible

As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

Darby Translation

And [as] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.

Douay-Rheims

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And whereas the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part of it shall be broken.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ δάκτυλοι τῶν ποδῶν μέρος μέν τι σιδηροῦν, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον, μέρος τι τῆς βασιλείας ἔσται ἰσχυρὸν, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ἔσται συντριβόμενον.