E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 2:3
I have dreamed . Contrast this with Daniel's vision, in the Structure on p. 1178; and note the other recorded dreams (Genesis 20:3 ). was = is. read more
I have dreamed . Contrast this with Daniel's vision, in the Structure on p. 1178; and note the other recorded dreams (Genesis 20:3 ). was = is. read more
in Syriack . Hebrew. 'aramith = Aramaic. The insertion of this word here is to call our attention to the fact that what follows is written not in Hebrew, but in Aramaic, as far as the end of Daniel 7:0 . See note on the Structure, p. 1178; and note the other Aramaic portions (Ezra 4:8 Ezra 6:18 with Ezra 7:12-26 ; also Jeremiah 10:11 . The Syriac and Chaldee are properly Western and Eastern Aramaic. O king . This is the first Aramaic word so written. Compare Daniel 3:9 ; Daniel 5:10 ; Daniel... read more
thing. The dream. gone from me . Referring to the forgotten dream. cut . . . made a dunghill . Compare Daniel 3:29 . Ezra 6:11 . A further mode of punishment, from the Medo-Persians, in Daniel 6:7 . read more
rewards . Chaldee. nebizbah = a present. read more
gain the time = gain time. It may have reference to that day being an unlucky day. Compare Esther 3:7 . read more
earth. Chaldee. beshta' = dry ground. read more
not. Is emphatic. They held that there were gods who dwelt in men. But these were beyond mortal men altogether read more
wise men: i.e. the members of all the classes collectively, mentioned in Daniel 2:2 above. Chaldee. chakam, denoting acquired wisdom. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 2:2
to call, &c . = to send for. This tells us of the religious system of Babylonia, of which subsequent Jewish commentators and Greek translators would know little or nothing. There were six classes of the Chaldean priesthood. magicians . Hebrew. chartummim. Connected with the kharutu (the sceptre) or rod of office of those who repelled demons and evil spirits by incantations, &c. astrologers . Hebrew. 'ashshaphim = in Babylonian, asipi, prophets who assumed to announce the will of... read more