Daniel 4:33
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
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ASV
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
KJV
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בַּהּ־ | bah- | at it | |
| שַׁעֲתָ֗א | sha.'a.Ta' | moment the | H8160 → |
| מִלְּתָא֮ | mi.le.Ta' | word the | H4406 → |
| סָ֣פַת | Sa.fat | it was fulfilled | H5487 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5922 → |
| נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ | ne.vu.khad.ne.Tzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5020 → |
| וּמִן־ | u.min- | and away from | H4481 → |
| אֲנָשָׁ֣א | 'a.na.Sha' | <the> humankind | H606 → |
| טְרִ֔יד | te.Rid | he was chased | H2957 → |
| וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א | ve.'is.Ba' | and <the> grass | H6211 → |
| כְתוֹרִין֙ | khe.to.Rin | like oxen | H8450 → |
| יֵאכֻ֔ל | ye.Khul | he ate | H399 → |
| וּמִטַּ֥ל | u.mi.Tal | and from [the] dew of | H2920 → |
| שְׁמַיָּ֖א | she.mai.Ya' | heavens the | H8065 → |
| גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ | gish.Meh | body his | H1655 → |
| יִצְטַבַּ֑ע | yitz.ta.Ba' | it became wet | H6647 → |
| עַ֣ד | 'ad | until | H5705 → |
| דִּ֥י | di | that | H1768 → |
| שַׂעְרֵ֛הּ | sa'.Reh | hair his | H8177 → |
| כְּנִשְׁרִ֥ין | ke.nish.Rin | like eagles | H5403 → |
| רְבָ֖ה | re.Vah | it grew long | H7236 → |
| וְטִפְר֥וֹהִי | ve.tif.Ro.hi | and nails his | H2953 → |
| כְצִפְּרִֽין׃ | khe.tzi.pe.Rin | [were] like birds | H6853 → |
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