Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #359697

Aramaic

OSHB Dan 5:19 מַחֵא (maḩēʼ) Strongs=2418 Lemma=‘הוה’
contextual word gloss=‘letting_live’ word gloss=‘kept_alive’
Aramaic Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=peal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-538 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Daniel

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Only use of identical word form ‘מַחֵא’ (Aramaic Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=peal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַחֵא’ (Aramaic Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=peal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘letting_live’.

DAN 5:19 contextual word gloss=‘letting_live’ word gloss=‘kept_alive’ OSHB DAN 5:19 word 24

OET-LV: 19 And_from the_greatness which he _gave to_him/it all _of the_peoples the_nations and_the_languages they _were trembling and_fearing from before_him whom he _was pleased he _was killing and_whom he _was pleased he _was letting _live and_whom he _was pleased he _was lifting _up and_whom he _was pleased he _was bringing _low. (DAN_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 Because of that power, all peoples, nations, and ethnic groups trembled and were afraid when his army approached. He killed whoever he wanted, and he kept alive those he wanted. He promoted whoever he wanted, and he humiliated others when he wanted to. (DAN 5:19)