Daniel 4:2
"I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

I thought it good,.... Or, "fair" (y) and beautiful, highly becoming me, what was my duty, and what might be profitable and beneficial to others, and make for the glory

of the great God of heaven and earth: to show the signs and wonders the high God hath wrought toward me; to declare by writing the wonderful things God, who is above all, the most high God, had done unto him, by giving him a wonderful dream, exactly describing his future case and condition, and then as wonderful an interpretation of it, and which was as wonderfully fulfilled, and, after all, in a wonderful manner restoring him to the exercise of his reason, and the administration of his kingdom, after both had departed from him. (y) "pulchrum", Montanus, Grotius, Gejerus, Michaelis; "decet me", Junius & Tremellius.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (9 words)

H2493 חֵלֶם
Definition:

2dream(ᵑ7Syriac; see Biblical Hebrewחֲלוֺם, √ II.חלם); — absolute׳חDaniel 4:2;Daniel 7:1; emphaticחֶלְמָאDaniel 2:4+; suffixחֶלְמִיDaniel 4:6,מָךְ-Daniel 2:28; pluralחֶלְמִיןDaniel 5:12; —dream, as v 2dream(ᵑ7Syriac; see Biblical Hebrewחֲלוֺם, √ II.חלם); — absolute׳חDaniel 4:2;Daniel 7:1; emphaticחֶלְמָאDaniel 2:4+; suffixחֶלְמִיDaniel 4:6,מָךְ-Daniel 2:28; pluralחֶלְמִיןDaniel 5:12; —dream, as v

H2370 חֲזָא
Definition:

20;Daniel 5:1; 2masculine singularתֲוַיְתָDaniel 2:43+,תָה-Daniel 2:41.2: 41; 1singularחֲזֵיתDaniel 2:46+; 2 masculine pluralתֲוֵיתוּןDaniel 2:8;Pe`alInfinitiveמְֶָחֱזֵז֑אEzra 4:14;Participle activeחָ 20;Daniel 5:1; 2masculine singularתֲוַיְתָDaniel 2:43+,תָה-Daniel 2:41.2: 41; 1singularחֲזֵיתDaniel 2:46+; 2 masculine pluralתֲוֵיתוּןDaniel 2:8;Pe`alInfinitiveמְֶָחֱזֵז֑אEzra 4:14;Participle activeחָ

H1763 דְּחַל
Definition:

19, withמִןקֳֿדָםof king,Daniel 6:27,id.of God;passiveדְּחִילterribleDaniel 2:31, feminineדְּחִילָהDaniel 7:7,19.Pa`elImperfect3masculine singular suffixוִידֵחֲלִנַּנִיDaniel 4:2the dreammade me afrai 19, withמִןקֳֿדָםof king,Daniel 6:27,id.of God;passiveדְּחִילterribleDaniel 2:31, feminineדְּחִילָהDaniel 7:7,19.Pa`elImperfect3masculine singular suffixוִידֵחֲלִנַּנִיDaniel 4:2the dreammade me afrai

Possible Meanings:
  • fear (semantic_range)
  • made me afraid (semantic_range)
H2031 הַרְהֹר
Definition:

2fancies(in dream).Topical LexiconWord and ConceptHarhor denotes the inward “images” or “thoughts” that arise in the mind. InDaniel 4:5the term is used of the frightening mental pictures that accompan 2fancies(in dream).Topical LexiconWord and ConceptHarhor denotes the inward “images” or “thoughts” that arise in the mind. InDaniel 4:5the term is used of the frightening mental pictures that accompan

Possible Meanings:
  • fancy (semantic_range)
  • imagining (semantic_range)
H5922 עַל
Definition:

126t. Daniel;Ezra 7:18; 3masculine singularעֲלוֺהִי(so Nabataean, Palmyrene; Egyptian AramaicעלויS-CA 6+)Daniel 3:28+,עֲלֹהִיEzra 6:11; 3feminine singularעליהKt (so Egyptian Aramaic, S-CD 24),עֲלַהּQr 126t. Daniel;Ezra 7:18; 3masculine singularעֲלוֺהִי(so Nabataean, Palmyrene; Egyptian AramaicעלויS-CA 6+)Daniel 3:28+,עֲלֹהִיEzra 6:11; 3feminine singularעליהKt (so Egyptian Aramaic, S-CD 24),עֲלַהּQr

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • over (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • above (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H4903 מִשְׁכַּב
Definition:

2;Daniel 4:7;Daniel 4:10;ךְָ֯Daniel 2:28,29;הֵּ֯Daniel 7:1.Topical LexiconDefinition and SettingThe noun מִשְׁכַּב denotes the sleeping place or couch upon which a person reclines. In the six appearan 2;Daniel 4:7;Daniel 4:10;ךְָ֯Daniel 2:28,29;הֵּ֯Daniel 7:1.Topical LexiconDefinition and SettingThe noun מִשְׁכַּב denotes the sleeping place or couch upon which a person reclines. In the six appearan

Possible Meanings:
  • bed (semantic_range)
H2376 חֵזֵו
Definition:

19; suffixוִי-Daniel 7:2,וִהּ-Daniel 7:20; plural constructחֶזְוֵיDaniel 2:28+; —1vision(as mode of revelation)Daniel 2:19(יְ לֵילְיָא׳ח),Daniel 7:2, soDaniel 7:7.Daniel 7:13,רֵישָׁא׳חDaniel 2:28;Dani 19; suffixוִי-Daniel 7:2,וִהּ-Daniel 7:20; plural constructחֶזְוֵיDaniel 2:28+; —1vision(as mode of revelation)Daniel 2:19(יְ לֵילְיָא׳ח),Daniel 7:2, soDaniel 7:7.Daniel 7:13,רֵישָׁא׳חDaniel 2:28;Dani

Possible Meanings:
  • appearance (semantic_range)
H7217 רֵאשׁ
Definition:

6head(Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palmyreneרש;ᵑ7רֵישׁ, Syriac; Biblical Hebrewראֹשׁ); — construct׳רDaniel 7:1; emphaticהָ֯Daniel 2:38; suffixרֵאשׁיDaniel 4:2+,חָ֯Daniel 2:28,הֵּ֯Daniel 2:32+,הַּ֯Daniel 6head(Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palmyreneרש;ᵑ7רֵישׁ, Syriac; Biblical Hebrewראֹשׁ); — construct׳רDaniel 7:1; emphaticהָ֯Daniel 2:38; suffixרֵאשׁיDaniel 4:2+,חָ֯Daniel 2:28,הֵּ֯Daniel 2:32+,הַּ֯Daniel

Possible Meanings:
  • chief (semantic_range)
  • sum (semantic_range)
H0927 בְּהל
Definition:

16and 3 masculine plural suffixלֻגַּנִי-Daniel 4:2;Daniel 7:15,28 (both jussive Str§ 18 cM§ 52 a);לוּךְ-Daniel 5:10,לֻנֵּ֑ךְ-Daniel 4:16,לוּנֵהּ-Daniel 5:6.Hithpe`elhasten(so Pi`el in late Biblical He 16and 3 masculine plural suffixלֻגַּנִי-Daniel 4:2;Daniel 7:15,28 (both jussive Str§ 18 cM§ 52 a);לוּךְ-Daniel 5:10,לֻנֵּ֑ךְ-Daniel 4:16,לוּנֵהּ-Daniel 5:6.Hithpe`elhasten(so Pi`el in late Biblical He

Possible Meanings:
  • alarm (semantic_range)
  • dismay (semantic_range)
  • alarmed (semantic_range)

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