The Meaning of Daniel 2:13 Explained

Daniel 2:13

KJV: And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

YLT: And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Darby: And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

ASV: So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 2:13?

MEANING: What does Daniel 2:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 2:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Daniel 2:13?

What is the context of Daniel 2:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

What does Daniel 2:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Daniel 2:1-13 - The Forgotten Dream

This was the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's sole reign. At first he was joint-governor with his father. From Daniel 2:4 b to Daniel 7:28 the Syriac language is employed, and as this was the vernacular tongue of the king and his court, it is possible that this part of Daniel's record is based upon documents of state. The king's argument throughout his discussion with the magicians and astrologers, was that if they could not recall the past, they certainly could not be trusted to foretell the future; and the failure of the wise-men provided the opportunity for the greater triumph of the servant of God. The wise-men of Babylon said truly that only the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh, could recover lost dreams. Daniel thought so, too, only he looked to the Lord God of his fathers. Irresponsible power is a temptation to the ruler, and perilous to the ruled. No mortal should have despotic power over life and death. But a movement is afoot in our times which is likely to give to all nations what Abraham Lincoln described as, "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 2

¹ Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream,
⁵ requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threats
¹⁰ They acknowledging their inability are judged to die
¹⁴ Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream
¹⁹ He blesses God
²⁴ He staying the decree is brought to the king
³¹ The dream
³⁶ The interpretation
⁴⁶ Daniel's advancement

What do the individual words in Daniel 2:13 mean?

So decree the went out and wise [men] the they began killing and they sought Daniel and his companions to kill [them] -

וְדָתָ֣א נֶפְקַ֔ת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין וּבְע֛וֹ דָּנִיֵּ֥אל וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה פ

וְדָתָ֣א	So decree the
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular determinate Root: דָּת Sense: decree, law.
נֶפְקַ֔ת	went out
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: נְפַק Sense: to go or come out, bring or come forth.
וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א	and wise [men] the
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural determinate Root: חַכִּים Sense: wise man, wise.
מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין	they began killing
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine plural Root: קְטַל Sense: to slay, kill.
וּבְע֛וֹ	and they sought
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine plural Root: בְּעָה Sense: to ask, seek, request, desire, pray, make petition.
דָּנִיֵּ֥אל	Daniel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּנִיֵּאל Sense: the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel.
וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי	and his companions
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: חֲבַר Sense: associate, companion, friend, comrade, fellow.
לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה	to kill [them]
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hitpael, Infinitive construct Root: קְטַל Sense: to slay, kill.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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