King James Version
Daniel 2:1 in the King James Version says “And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, ...” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”
Daniel 2:1 · KJV
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
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.
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
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“Nebuchadnezzar”
H5019nebukadnetstsar (or nebukadretsts(-ar, or)), king of babylon
“dreamed”
H2492properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
“Nebuchadnezzar”
H5019nebukadnetstsar (or nebukadretsts(-ar, or)), king of babylon
“was troubled”
H6470to tap, i.e., beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate
“wherewith his spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“brake”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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