Daniel 5:11
Strong's Lexicon
There is
אִיתַ֨י (’î·ṯay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 383: 1) there is, there are 2) particle denoting existence

a man
גְּבַ֜ר (gə·ḇar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1400: 1) a man, a certain (one)

in your kingdom
בְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְ (bə·mal·ḵū·ṯāḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4437: 1) royalty, reign, kingdom 1a) royalty, kingship, kingly authority 1b) kingdom 1c) realm (of territory) 1d) reign (of time)

who
דִּ֠י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

has the spirit
ר֣וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7308: 1) spirit, wind 1a) wind 1b) spirit 1b1) of man 1b2) seat of the mind

of the holy
קַדִּישִׁין֮ (qad·dî·šîn)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6922: 1) holy, separate 2) (TWOT) angels, saints

gods in him.
אֱלָהִ֣ין (’ĕ·lā·hîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 426: 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)

In the days
וּבְיוֹמֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·yō·w·mê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3118: 1) day 2) day always refers to a twenty-four hour period when the word is modified by a definite or cardinal number

of your father
אֲב֗וּךְ (’ă·ḇūḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2: 1) father

he was found
הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת (hiš·tə·ḵa·ḥaṯ)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7912: 1) to find 1a) (Aphel) to find 1b) (Ithp'al) to be found

to have insight,
נַהִיר֧וּ (na·hî·rū)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5094: 1) light

intelligence,
וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ (wə·śā·ḵə·lə·ṯā·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7924: 1) insight

and wisdom
וְחָכְמָ֥ה (wə·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2452: 1) wisdom

like [that]
כְּחָכְמַת־ (kə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2452: 1) wisdom

of the gods.
אֱלָהִ֖ין (’ĕ·lā·hîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 426: 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)

Your father,
אֲב֔וּךְ (’ă·ḇūḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2: 1) father

King
וּמַלְכָּ֤א (ū·mal·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

Nebuchadnezzar,
נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ (nə·ḇu·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣar)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5020: Nebuchadnezzar = 'may Nebo protect the crown' 1) the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive

appointed
הֲקִימֵ֖הּ (hă·qî·mêh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6966: 1) to arise, stand 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to arise from 1a2) to come on the scene (fig) 1a3) to arise (out of inaction) 1a4) to stand 1a5) to endure 1b) (Pael) to set up, establish 1c) (Aphel) 1c1) to set up 1c2) to lift up 1c3) to establish 1c4) to appoint 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stand

him chief
רַ֧ב (raḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7229: adj 1) great 1a) great 1b) great (fig of power) n 2) captain, chief

of the magicians,
חַרְטֻמִּ֣ין (ḥar·ṭum·mîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2749: 1) magician, magician-astrologer

enchanters,
אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין (’ā·šə·p̄în)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 826: 1) conjurer, enchanter, (CLBL) necromancer

astrologers,
כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙ (kaś·dā·’în)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3779: Chaldean = 'clod breakers' 1) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 2) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

[and] diviners.
גָּזְרִ֔ין (gā·zə·rîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1505: 1) to cut, determine 1a) (P'al) determiner (participle) 1b) (Ithp'al) to be cut out

Your own father,
אֲב֥וּךְ (’ă·ḇūḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2: 1) father

the king,
מַלְכָּֽא׃ (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the diviners, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. Your own predecessor, the king,

New American Standard Bible
"There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king, appointed him chief of the magicians, conjurers, Chaldeans [and] diviners.

King James Bible
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.

New Living Translation
There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar's reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predecessor, the king--your predecessor King Nebuchadnezzar--made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon.

English Standard Version
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

New American Standard Bible
"There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king, appointed him chief of the magicians, conjurers, Chaldeans and diviners.

King James Bible
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the diviners, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. Your own predecessor, the king,

International Standard Version
There's a man in your kingdom in whom dwells the spirit of the holy gods. During your grandfather's reign, he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom, like that of the gods. Your grandfather, King Nebuchadnezzar—your kingly predecessor—appointed him to be chief administrator over the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

NET Bible
There is a man in your kingdom who has within him a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, he proved to have insight, discernment, and wisdom like that of the gods. King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners.

American Standard Version
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say , thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

English Revised Version
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him: and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Young's Literal Translation
there is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and, in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom -- as the wisdom of the gods -- was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him -- thy father, O king --
















Cross References
Genesis 41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Genesis 41:38
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Ezekiel 28:3
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

Daniel 1:4
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Daniel 2:11
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Daniel 2:22
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Daniel 2:47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

Daniel 2:48
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:8
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

Daniel 4:9
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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