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Daniel 7:1

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת
shᵉnâh
in/with/by חֲדָ֗ה
chad
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once לְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר֙
Bêlshaʼtstsar
to/for מֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
a king בָּבֶ֔ל
Babel
 דָּנִיֵּאל֙
Dânîyêʼl
Danijel, the Hebrew prophet חֵ֣לֶם
chêlem
a dream חֲזָ֔ה
chăzâʼ
to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem) וְחֶזְוֵ֥י
chêzêv
and — a sight רֵאשֵׁ֖הּ
rêʼsh
the head; figuratively, the sum עַֽל
ʻal
 מִשְׁכְּבֵ֑הּ
mishkab
a bed בֵּאדַ֨יִן֙
ʼĕdayin
in/with/by — then (of time) חֶלְמָ֣א
chêlem
a dream כְתַ֔ב
kᵉthab
 רֵ֥אשׁ
rêʼsh
the head; figuratively, the sum מִלִּ֖ין
millâh
a word, command, discourse, or subject אֲמַֽר
ʼămar
Daniel 7:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions appeared in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro…wrote
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro… the
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro…dream
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro… down and related a
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro…summary
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro… of it.
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Chapter 7 is dated to "the first year of Belshazzar" - it happens before chapters 5 and 6, and it is placed here on purpose. Chapters 2 thro…
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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

Daniel 2:31, "a great image... whose brightness was excellent" - the same sequence of empires, seen as an imposing statue rather than as beasts.

Daniel 2:44, "the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed" - the resolution matched word for word in 7:14, 7:27.

Daniel 7:1 · WEB

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Daniel 2:31 · WEB

“You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.

Daniel 2:44 · WEB

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

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Today's memory verse · from this session
“In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions appeared in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related a summary of it.”
Daniel 7:1
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