26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Daniel 2:26. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ εἶπε τῷ Δανιὴλ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα Βαλτάσαρ, εἰ δύνασαί μοι ἀναγγεῖλαι τὸ ἐνύπνιον ὃ ἴδον, καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ;
Καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἀπεκρίθη
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἀποκρίνομαι
- Transliteration
- apekrithe
- Morphology
- verb, aorist passive/deponent indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it answered
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To answer or respond.
- Occurrences
- 101
ὁ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
βασιλεὺς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- βασιλεύς
- Transliteration
- basileus
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- king
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- King or ruler.
- Occurrences
- 3067
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
εἶπε
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- λέγω
- Transliteration
- eipe
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it said
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To say or speak.
- Occurrences
- 5490
τῷ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Δανιὴλ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Δανιήλ
- Transliteration
- Daniel
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Daniel
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Daniel.
- Occurrences
- 112
οὗ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὅς
- Transliteration
- hou
- Morphology
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Gloss
- of whom, where
- Part of Speech
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Definition
- Relative pronoun or adverbial relative form.
- Occurrences
- 4123
τὸ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ὄνομα
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὄνομα
- Transliteration
- onoma
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- name
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Name.
- Occurrences
- 908
Βαλτάσαρ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Βαλτάσαρ
- Transliteration
- baltasar
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Βαλτάσαρ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 19
εἰ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- εἰ
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- conditional particle
- Gloss
- if, whether
- Part of Speech
- conditional particle
- Definition
- Conditional particle.
- Occurrences
- 649
δύνασαί
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- δύνασαί
- Transliteration
- dynasai
- Morphology
- Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- to ...
- Part of Speech
- infinitive/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
μοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐγώ
- Transliteration
- ego
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative first-person singular
- Gloss
- I
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- First-person personal pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 11445
ἀναγγεῖλαι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἀναγγεῖλαι
- Transliteration
- anaggeilai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 20
τὸ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ἐνύπνιον
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐνύπνιον
- Transliteration
- enypnion
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- dream
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Dream or vision during sleep.
- Occurrences
- 50
ὃ
- Status
- Machine-aligned lexicon entry
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
- Note
- Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
- Lemma
- ὃ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- article
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 343
ἴδον
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁράω
- Transliteration
- idon
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they saw; I saw
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To see, perceive, or look at.
- Occurrences
- 768
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
τὴν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
σύγκρισιν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- σύγκρισιν
- Transliteration
- sygkrisin
- Morphology
- dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- to/for ... / they ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 31
αὐτοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
Coverage: Canonical Aramaic passages in Genesis, Jeremiah, Ezra, and Daniel
Original Aramaic passages embedded in the Hebrew Bible, not a full Targum.
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר האיתיך כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃
עָנֵ֤ה
מַלְכָּא֙
וְאָמַ֣ר
לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל
דִּ֥י
שְׁמֵ֖הּ
בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר
האיתיך
הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ
כָּהֵ֗ל
לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי
חֶלְמָ֥א
דִֽי
חֲזֵ֖ית
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܥܢ̣ܐ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܠܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܕܫܡܗ ܒܠܛܫܨܪ ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܬ ܠܡܚܘܝܘܬܢܝ ܚܠܡܐ ܕܚܙܝܬ ܘܦܫܪܗ
ܥܢ̣ܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <N#>
- Morphology
- <N(J&>[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- M^LK>
- Morphology
- MLK/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W>M#R
- Morphology
- W->MR[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܕܢܝܐܝܠ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LDNJ>JL
- Morphology
- L-DNJ>JL/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܫܡܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DCMH
- Morphology
- D-CM/-H
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܠܛܫܨܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- BLVCYR
- Morphology
- BLVC&YR/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܫܟܚ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MCKX
- Morphology
- !M!CKX[/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܐܢܬ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- >NT
- Morphology
- >NT
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܡܚܘܝܘܬܢܝ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LMXWJWTNJ
- Morphology
- L-!M!XWJ[/WT:d-NJ
- Occurrences
- 0
ܚܠܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- XLM>
- Morphology
- XLM=/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܚܙܝܬ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DXZJT
- Morphology
- D-XZJ[T
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܦܫܪܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WPCRH
- Morphology
- W-PCR=/-H
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Respondit rex, et dixit Danieli, cujus nomen erat Baltassar: Putasne vere potes mihi indicare somnium, quod vidi, et interpretationem ejus?
respondit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- respondeo
- Transliteration
- respondit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 851
rex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- rex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
dixit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
Daniheli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Danihelis
- Transliteration
- Daniheli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 7
cuius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- cuius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
nomen
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nomen
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
erat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
Balthasar
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Balthasar
- Transliteration
- Balthasar
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
putasne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puto
- Transliteration
- putasne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 103
{putasne}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ne
- Transliteration
- {putasne}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 1109
vere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uere
- Transliteration
- vere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 69
potes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- possum
- Transliteration
- potes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 881
indicare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- indico
- Transliteration
- indicare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 123
mihi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- mihi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
somnium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- somnium
- Transliteration
- somnium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 88
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quod
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1241
vidi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- vidi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
interpretationem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interpretatio
- Transliteration
- interpretationem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 24
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Targum Aramaic
not in current source set
No license-clean Targum panel is currently mapped for this book in the imported public-domain source set.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Daniel 1:7
The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
5 relevance votesDaniel 5:12
because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
3 relevance votesDaniel 5:16
But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
3 relevance votesDaniel 4:8
But at 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. I told the dream before him, saying,
3 relevance votesGenesis 41:15
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 17:33
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
2 relevance votes