Daniel 5:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֱדַ֙יִן֙	'e.Da.yin	then	H116 →
עָֽלִּ֔ין	a.la.lin	[were] going in	H5954 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3606 →
חַכִּימֵ֣י	cha.ki.Mei	[the] wise men of	H2445 →
מַלְכָּ֑א	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
וְלָֽא־	ve.la'-	and not	H3809 →
כָהֲלִ֤ין	kha.ha.Lin	[they were] able	H3546 →
כְּתָבָא֙	ke.ta.Va'	writing the	H3792 →
לְמִקְרֵ֔א	le.mik.Re'	to read aloud	H7123 →
וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ	u.fish.rah	and interpretation its	H6591 →
לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה	le.ho.da.'Ah	to make known	H3046 →
לְמַלְכָּֽא׃	le.mal.Ka'	to king the	H4430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 4:7
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:25
  who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Daniel 5:15
Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
leads to
- Daniel 5:7–8
  The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 47:12
  So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
Through
Genesis 41:8
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
leads to
- Daniel 4:7
  When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- Exodus 7:22
  But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Daniel 4:5
  I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Daniel 1:20
  In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
- Matthew 2:1

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Daniel 2:27Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.Genesis 41:8In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.Daniel 4:18This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,Exodus 8:18The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.Daniel 5:15Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.Isaiah 47:12–15So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!Isaiah 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.Daniel 2:4Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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