Daniel 6:7
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
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ASV
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
KJV
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ | 'it.ya.'A.tu | they took counsel together | H3272 → |
| כֹּ֣ל׀ | kol | all | H3606 → |
| סָרְכֵ֣י | sa.re.Khei | [the] overseers of | H5632 → |
| מַלְכוּתָ֗א | mal.khu.Ta' | kingdom the | H4437 → |
| סִגְנַיָּ֤א | sig.nai.Ya' | prefects the | H5460 → |
| וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ | va.'a.chash.dar.pe.nai.Ya' | and satraps the | H324 → |
| הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א | ha.da.ve.rai.Ya' | counselors the | H1907 → |
| וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א | u.fa.cha.va.Ta' | and governors the | H6347 → |
| לְקַיָּמָ֤ה | le.kai.ya.Mah | to establish | H6966 → |
| קְיָם֙ | ke.Yam | [the] statute of | H7010 → |
| מַלְכָּ֔א | mal.Ka' | king the | H4430 → |
| וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה | u.le.ta.ka.Fah | and to make stringent | H8631 → |
| אֱסָ֑ר | 'e.Sar | a prohibition | H633 → |
| דִּ֣י | di | that | H1768 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3606 → |
| דִּֽי־ | di- | [one] who | H1768 → |
| יִבְעֵ֣ה | yiv.'Eh | he will ask | H1156 → |
| בָ֠עוּ | Va.'u | a petition | H1159 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4481 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3606 → |
| אֱלָ֨הּ | 'e.Lah | god | H426 → |
| וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ | ve.'e.Nash | and person | H606 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5705 → |
| יוֹמִ֣ין | yo.Min | days | H3118 → |
| תְּלָתִ֗ין | te.la.Tin | thirty | H8533 → |
| לָהֵן֙ | la.Hen | except | H3861 → |
| מִנָּ֣ךְ | mi.Nakh | from you | H4481 → |
| מַלְכָּ֔א | mal.Ka' | king O | H4430 → |
| יִתְרְמֵ֕א | yit.re.Me' | he will be thrown | H7412 → |
| לְגֹ֖ב | le.Go | to [the] den of | H1358 → |
| אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ | 'ar.ya.va.Ta' | lions the | H744 → |
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