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Daniel 5:21

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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:	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.	And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he was driven^H2957 from^H4481 the sons^H1123 of men^H606; and his heart^H3825 was made^H7739 like^H5974 the beasts^H2423, and his dwelling^H4070 was with the wild asses^H6167: they fed^H2939 him with grass^H6211 like oxen^H8450, and his body^H1655 was wet^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065; till^H5705 he knew^H3046 that the most high^H5943 God^H426 ruled^H7990 in the kingdom^H4437 of men^H606, and that he appointeth^H6966 over^H5922 it whomsoever^H4479 he will^H6634.

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Original Hebrew

וּמִן־בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא טְרִיד וְלִבְבֵהּ ׀ עִם־חֵיוְתָא [שְׁוִי כ] (שַׁוִּיְו ק) וְעִם־עֲרָדַיָּא מְדֹורֵהּ עִשְׂבָּא כְתֹורִין יְטַעֲמוּנֵּהּ וּמִטַּל שְׁמַיָּא גִּשְׁמֵהּ יִצְטַבַּע עַד דִּי־יְדַע דִּי־שַׁלִּיט אֱלָהָא [עִלָּיָא כ] (עִלָּאָה ק) בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא וּלְמַן־דִּי יִצְבֵּה יְהָקֵים [עֲלַיֵהּ כ] (עֲלַהּ׃ ק)

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/מִן	u./min-	H4481	AC/R	and/ away from
בְּנֵי֩	be.Nei	H1123	ANcmpc	(the) sons of
אֲנָשָׁ֨/א	'a.na.Sha/'	H606	ANcmsd/Td	(the)/ humankind
טְרִ֜יד	te.Rid	H2957	AVQp3ms	he was chased
וְ/לִבְבֵ֣/הּ	ve./li.Ve/h	H3825	AC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	and/ heart/ his
עִם	'im-	H5974	AR	with
חֵיוְתָ֣/א	cheiv.Ta/'	H2423	ANcfsd/Td	animal(s)/ the
שוי	shᵉvâh	H7739	AVQp3mp
וְ/עִם	ve./'im-	H5974	AC/R	and/ (was) with
עֲרָֽדַיָּ/א֙	'a.ra.dai.Ya/'	H6167	ANcmpd/Td	wild donkeys/ the
מְדוֹרֵ֔/הּ	me.do.Re/h	H4070	ANcmsc/Sp3ms	dwelling place/ his
עִשְׂבָּ֤/א	'is.Ba/'	H6211	ANcmsd/Td	(the)/ grass
כְ/תוֹרִין֙	khe./to.Rin	H8450	AR/Ncmpa	like/ oxen
יְטַ֣עֲמוּנֵּ֔/הּ	ye.Ta.'a.mu.Ne/h	H2939	AVpi3mp/Sp3ms	they fed/ him
וּ/מִ/טַּ֥ל	u./mi./Tal	H2920	AC/R/Ncmsc	and/ from/ (the) dew of
שְׁמַיָּ֖/א	she.mai.Ya/'	H8065	ANcmpd/Td	heavens/ the
גִּשְׁמֵ֣/הּ	gish.Me/h	H1655	ANcmsc/Sp3ms	body/ his
יִצְטַבַּ֑ע	yitz.ta.Ba'	H6647	AVMi3ms	it became wet
עַ֣ד	'ad	H5705	AR	until
דִּֽי	di-	H1768	ATr	that
יְדַ֗ע	ye.Da'	H3046	AVqp3ms	he knew
דִּֽי	di-	H1768	ATr	that
שַׁלִּ֞יט	sha.Lit	H7990	AAamsa	(was) having mastery
אֱלָהָ֤/א	'e.la.Ha/'	H426	ANcmsd/Td	(the)/ God
עלי/א	ʻillay	H5943	AAamsd/Td
בְּ/מַלְכ֣וּת	be./mal.Khut	H4437	AR/Ncfsc	over/ (the) kingdom of
אֲנָשָׁ֔/א	'a.na.Sha/'	H606	ANcmsd/Td	(the)/ humankind
וּ/לְ/מַן	u./le./man-	H4479	AC/R/Pf3cs	and/ to/ whomever
דִּ֥י	di	H1768	APf3cs	whom
יִצְבֵּ֖ה	yitz.Beh	H6634	AVqi3ms	he will be pleased
יְהָקֵ֥ים	ye.ha.Keim	H6966	AVhi3ms	he will appoint
עלי/ה	ʻal	H5922	AR/Sp3cs

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H426 — אֱלָהּ (ʼĕlâhh, el-aw'): (Aramaic) corresponding to אֱלוֹהַּ; God; God, god.
• H606 — אֱנָשׁ (ʼĕnâsh, en-awsh'): (Aramaic) or אֱנַשׁ; (Aramaic), corresponding to אֱנוֹשׁ; a man; man, [phrase] whosoever.
• H1123 — בֵּן (bên, bane): (Aramaic) corresponding to בֵּן; {a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense}; child, son, young.
• H1655 — גֶּשֶׁם (geshem, gheh'-shem): (Aramaic) apparently the same as גֶּשֶׁם; used in a peculiar sense, the body (probably for the (figuratively) idea of a hard rain); body.
• H2423 — חֵיוָא (chêyvâʼ, khay-vaw'): (Aramaic) from חֲיָא; an animal; beast.
• H2920 — טַל (ṭal, tal): (Aramaic) the same as טַל; {dew (as covering vegetation)}; dew.
• H2939 — טְעַם (ṭᵉʻam, teh-am'): (Aramaic) corresponding to טָעַם; to taste; causatively to feed; make to eat, feed.
• H2957 — טְרַד (ṭᵉrad, ter-ad'): (Aramaic) corresponding to טָרַד; to expel; drive.
• H3046 — יְדַע (yᵉdaʻ, yed-ah'): (Aramaic) corresponding to יָדַע; {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.)}; certify, know, make known, teach.
• H3825 — לְבַב (lᵉbab, leb-ab'): (Aramaic) corresponding to לֵבָב; {the heart (as the most interior organ);}; heart.
• H4070 — מְדוֹר (mᵉdôwr, med-ore'): (Aramaic) or מְדֹר; (Aramaic), or מְדָר; (Aramaic), from דּוּר; a dwelling; dwelling.
• H4437 — מַלְכוּ (malkûw, mal-koo'): (Aramaic) corresponding to מַלְכוּת; dominion (abstractly or concretely); kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
• H4479 — מָן (mân, mawn): (Aramaic) from מָה; who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively); what, who(-msoever, [phrase] -so).
• H4481 — מִן (min, min): (Aramaic) corresponding to מִן; {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.
• H5705 — עַד (ʻad, ad): (Aramaic) corresponding to עַד; {as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}; [idiom] and, at, for, (hither-) to, on till, (un-) to, until, within.
• H5922 — עַל (ʻal, al): (Aramaic) corresponding to עַל; {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.
• H5943 — עִלַּי (ʻillay, il-lah'-ee): (Aramaic) corresponding to עִלִּי; supreme (i.e. God); (most) high.
• H5974 — עִם (ʻim, eem): (Aramaic) corresponding to עִם; {adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}; by, from, like, to(-ward), with.
• H6167 — עֲרָד (ʻărâd, ar-awd'): (Aramaic) corresponding to עָרוֹד; an onager; wild ass.
• H6211 — עָשׁ (ʻâsh, awsh): from עָשֵׁשׁ; a moth; moth. See also עַיִשׁ.
• H6634 — צְבָא (tsᵉbâʼ, tseb-aw'): (Aramaic) corresponding to פִּתְרוֹן in the figurative sense of summoning one's wishes; to please; will, would.
• H6647 — צְבַע (tsᵉbaʻ, tseb-ah'): (Aramaic) a root corresponding to that of צֶבַע; to dip; wet.
• H6966 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): (Aramaic) corresponding to קוּם; {to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)}; appoint, establish, make, raise up self, (a-) rise (up), (make to) stand, set (up).
• H7739 — שְׁוָה (shᵉvâh, shev-aw'): (Aramaic); corresponding to שָׁוָה; to resemble; make like.
• H7990 — שַׁלִּיט (shallîyṭ, shal-leet'): (Aramaic) corresponding to שַׁלִּיט; mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier; captain, be lawful, rule(-r).
• H8065 — שָׁמַיִן (shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin): (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁמַיִם; {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)}; heaven.
• H8450 — תּוֹר (tôwr, tore): (Aramaic) corresponding (by permutation) to שׁוֹר; a bull; bullock, ox.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1768 — דִּי (dîy, dee): (Aramaic) apparently for דָּא; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of; [idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• he was driven — Job 30:3-7, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32-33
• his heart was made like — Exodus 9:14-16, Psalms 83:17-18, Ezekiel 17:24, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 4:35, Daniel 4:37

Reciprocal references (15): Exodus 7:17, 1 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 9:6, Job 18:18, Job 39:5, Proverbs 29:23, Daniel 4:23, Hosea 2:7, Micah 6:6, Matthew 5:3, John 12:10, John 19:11, Acts 16:17, Galatians 6:14, Hebrews 7:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
• Torrey’s: ASS, THE WILD
• Nave’s: BELSHAZZAR, DANIEL, GOVERNMENT, INGRATITUDE, REPROOF, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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