Daniel 2:5
Strong's Lexicon
The king
מַלְכָּא֙ (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

וְאָמַ֣ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

replied
עָנֵ֤ה (‘ā·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6032: 1) to answer, respond 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to answer, make reply 1a2) to respond

to the astrologers,
(לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י) (lə·ḵaś·dā·’ê)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3779: Chaldean = 'clod breakers' 1) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 2) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

“My word
מִלְּתָ֖א (mil·lə·ṯā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4406: 1) word, thing 1a) word, utterance, command 1b) thing, affair, matter

מִנִּ֣י (min·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4481: 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

is final:
אַזְדָּ֑א (’az·dā)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 230: 1) (P'al) to be gone

If
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 2006: 1) behold, if, whether

you do not
לָ֤א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

tell me
תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ (ṯə·hō·wḏ·‘ūn·na·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3046: 1) to know 1a) (P'al) to know 1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know

the dream
חֶלְמָ֣א (ḥel·mā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2493: 1) dream

and its interpretation,
וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ (ū·p̄iš·rêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6591: 1) interpretation (of dream)

you will be cut
תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן (tiṯ·‘aḇ·ḏūn)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5648: 1) to make, do 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to make, create 1a2) to do, perform 1b) (Ithp'al) 1b1) to be made into 1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out

into pieces
הַדָּמִין֙ (had·dā·mîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1917: 1) member, limb, member of the body

and your houses
וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן (ū·ḇāt·tê·ḵō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1005: 1) house (of men) 2) house (of God)

will be reduced
יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃ (yit·tə·śā·mūn)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7761: 1) to set, make, appoint 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to make, make decree, setout (decree) 1a2) to make, appoint 1a3) to set, fix 1b) (Ithp'al) to be made, be set, be laid

to rubble.
נְוָלִ֥י (nə·wā·lî)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5122: 1) refuse-heap, dunghill, outhouse

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king replied to the Chaldeans, “ My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a garbage dump.

New American Standard Bible
The king replied to the Chaldeans, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.

King James Bible
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The king replied to the astrologers, "This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.

New Living Translation
But the king said to the astrologers, "I am serious about this. If you don't tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!

English Standard Version
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

New American Standard Bible
The king replied to the Chaldeans, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.

King James Bible
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king replied to the Chaldeans, "My word is final: If you don't tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a garbage dump.

International Standard Version
In reply the king told the Chaldeans, "Here is what I have commanded: If you don't tell me both the dream and its meaning, you'll be destroyed and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

NET Bible
The king replied to the wise men, "My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!

American Standard Version
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

English Revised Version
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Young's Literal Translation
The king hath answered and said to the Chaldeans, 'The thing from me is gone; if ye do not cause me to know the dream and its interpretation, pieces ye are made, and your houses are made dunghills;
















Cross References
2 Kings 10:27
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

Daniel 2:12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 3:29
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

Daniel 4:9
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 2:4
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

Daniel 2:3
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

Daniel 2:6
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 2:7
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
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