Daniel 2:4
Chapter 2 — The Dream of the StatueAramaic (BHS)
וַיְדַבְּרוּ הַכַּשְׂדִּים לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲרָמִית
Transliteration
waydabbərû hakkasśdîm lammelek ʾărāmît
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Biblical Aramaic — Daniel 2:4–7:28
Fully annotated text with transliteration, IPA phonetics, and grammatical notes. The largest continuous Aramaic passage in the Hebrew Bible, encompassing six chapters of narrative and apocalyptic literature set in the Babylonian and Persian courts.
📘 About this corpus: Daniel 2:4b through 7:28 is written in Official Aramaic (Imperial Aramaic), reflecting the administrative dialect of the Achaemenid and Babylonian empires. The transition from Hebrew to Aramaic at 2:4 and the return to Hebrew at 8:1 is a deliberate literary framing device.
Daniel 3:16–18
Chapter 3 — The Fiery FurnaceAramaic (BHS)
לָא חַשְׁחִין אֲנַחְנָא עַל-דְּנָה פִּתְגָם לַהֲתָבוּתָךְ
English Translation
"We have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire."
Daniel 5:25–28
Chapter 5 — The Writing on the WallAramaic (BHS)
מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין
English Translation
"MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN" — numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided. The famous inscription interpreted by Daniel for Belshazzar.