Daniel 2:1

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

 a. ASV: And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

b. YLT: And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him; 

c. Classic Amplified: In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams by which his spirit was troubled and agitated and his sleep went from him.

d. Septuagint: In the second year of [his] reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamt dreams; his spirit was agitated and his sleep interrupted.

1. “And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar…”

a. [And in the] second [Strong: 8147 shnayim shen-ah'-yim dual of 8145; feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:--both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.]

b. year [Strong: 8141 shaneh shaw-neh' (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}; from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).

c. [of the] reign [Strong: 4438 malkuwth mal-kooth' or malkuth {mal-kooth'}; or (in plural) malkuyah {mal-koo-yah'}; from 4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:--empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.]

d. [of] Nebuchadnezzar [Strong: 5019 Nbuwkadne'tstsar neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar' or Nbukadneotstsar (2 Kings 24:1, 10) {neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadnetstsar (Esther 2:6; Daniel 1:18) {neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadreotstsar {neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadreltstsowr (Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 49:28) {neb-oo-kad-rets-tsore'}; or foreign derivation; Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon:--Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar.]

1). Daniel was not elevated to the higher position of Babylonian court until after he told the king what he dreamed and gave him the interpretation.

2. “...Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”

a. [Strong: 2492 chalam khaw-lam' a primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream:--(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.]

b. Nebuchadnezzar [Strong: 5019 Nbuwkadne'tstsar neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar' or Nbukadneotstsar (2 Kings 24:1, 10) {neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadnetstsar (Esther 2:6; Daniel 1:18) {neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadreotstsar {neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'}; or Nbuwkadreltstsowr (Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 49:28) {neb-oo-kad-rets-tsore'}; or foreign derivation; Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon:--Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar.]

c. [dreamed] dreams [Strong: 2472 chalowm khal-ome' or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}; from 2492; a dream:--dream(-er).]

d. [wherewith his] spirit [Strong: 7307 ruwach roo'-akh from 7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):--air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).]

e. [was] troubled [Strong: 6470 pa`am paw-am' a primitive root; to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate:--move, trouble.]

f. [and his] sleep [Strong: 8142 shehah shay-naw' or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}; from 3462; sleep:--sleep.]

g. brake [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

h. [from him] [Strong: 5921 `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]