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Daniel 7:1

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

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בִּשְׁנַ֣תbishnatin yearשְׁנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8140{a year (as a revolution of time)}year.חֲדָ֗הchadahfirstחַדadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH2298as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at oncea, first, one, together.לְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר֙leveleshatsarto Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּרpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Belshazzar”H1113{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}Belshazzar.מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4430a kingking, royal.בָּבֶ֔לbavelBabylonבַּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babylon”H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}Babylon.דָּנִיֵּאל֙daniyelDanielדָּנִיֵּאלnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1841Danijel, the Hebrew prophetDaniel.חֵ֣לֶםchelemdreamחֵלֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dream”, the ordinary formH2493a dreamdream.חֲזָ֔הchazahbe wontחֲזָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be wont”, a completed actionH2370to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.וְחֶזְוֵ֥יvechezveand lookחֵזֵוconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and look”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2376a sightlook, vision.רֵאשֵׁ֖הּreshehheadרֵאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7217the head; figuratively, the sumchief, head, sum.עַֽלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.מִשְׁכְּבֵ֑הּmishkevehbedמִשְׁכַּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4903a bedbed.בֵּאדַ֨יִן֙bedayinin thenאֱדַיִןpreposition, adverb — “in then”H116then (of time)now, that time, then.חֶלְמָ֣אchelmadreamחֵלֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “dream”, the definite formH2493a dreamdream.כְתַ֔בkhetavwriteכְּתַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “write”, a completed actionH3790{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}write(-ten).רֵ֥אשׁreshheadרֵאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7217the head; figuratively, the sumchief, head, sum.מִלִּ֖יןmilincommandmentמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “commandment”, the ordinary formH4406a word, command, discourse, or subjectcommandment, matter, thing. word.אֲמַֽרamarsayאֲמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH560{to say (used with great latitude)}command, declare, say, speak, tell.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed; then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.

World English Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Darby Translation

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream; he told the sum of the matters.

Douay-Rheims

In the first year of Baltasar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in few words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed; then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the first year of Baltasar king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν ἔτει τρώτῳ τῷ Βαλτάσαρ βασιλέως Χαλδαίων, Δανιὴλ ἐνύπνιον εἶδε, καὶ αἱ ὁράσεις τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ· καὶ τὸ ἐνύπνιον αὐτοῦ ἔγραψεν.