proposes the captain, that of the king = the king’s captain (a genuine Aramaic idiom:
so T דְּ , Syriac ˜ (d) constantly), v 1 9, 25 , 49 + often: the subst. in such cases may
be either in the emph. state (determined), as ll. cc. Ezr 4:15 ; 5:2 , etc., or in the abs.
state (undetermined), Dn 5:5 ; 7:4 , 9 , 10 נְהַר דִּי נוּר ; or it may have a pleon. sf. ,
2:20 שְׁמֵהּ דִּי אֱלָהָא lit. his name, that of God = God’s name , v 4 4; 3:8 , 25 , 26 ;
4:23 , etc. (so also T Syriac). To circumscribe an adj. , especially in specif. of the
material: Dn 2:38 thou art רֵאשָׁה דִּי דַהֲבָא the head of gold, v 39 3: 1; 5:7 , 16
Ezr 5:14 ; 6:4 +; as predic. Dn 2:32 רֵאשֵׁהּ דִּי־דְהַב טָב his head (was) of fine
gold, v 33 7:1 9; with a pron. Dn 2:20 wisdom and might דִּי־לֵהּ הִיא are his; cf.
6:27 וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ דִּי־לָא תִתְחַבַּל his kingdom (is one) which shall not be
destroyed, 7:14 .— Vid. further K § 81. 3. as conj. ( cf. אֲשֶׁר 8 ): a. that ( quod ), after
vbs. of knowing, Dn 2:8 , 9 , seeing 2:45 ; 3:27 , hearing 5:14 , etc.; introducing the
subject of a sentence, … דִּי … יְדִיעַ 3:18 Ezr 4:1 3; Dn 2:47 … מִן־קְשֹׁט דִּי
True is it that … ( cf. אָמְנָם כִּי Jb 12: 2). b. = in that, inasmuch as, whereas: Dn
2:41 and whereas ( דִּי ) thou sawest, etc. … it shall be a divided kingdom, v 43 4:2 0,
23 ; as a connecting link = seeing that, because, for ( cf. אֲשֶׁר 8 c ) 2:9 , 20b , 23b , 47b ;
4:15 ; 6:24b . c. that ( ut ), after vbs. of asking Dn 2:16 , commanding 3:10 , 29 ,
expressing a purpose 4:3 ; 5:15 Ezr 4:1 5; 6:10 +; דִּי לָא that not ( ne ) Dn 2:18 ; 3:28 ;
6:18 (on דִּי לְמָה lest Ezr 7:2 3, see מה ). d. prefixed to direct narr. (like כִּי 1 b ,
and sometimes אֲשֶׁר 8 a γ , and ὅτι recitativum ), Dn 2:25 and said thus unto him דִּי־הַשְׁכַּחַת (that) I have found, etc., 5:7 ; 6:6 , 14 . 4. with preps. and other
prefixes: a. כְּדִי (like Heb. כַּאֲשֶׁר ; so Egyptian Aramaic כזי , Palm. Nab. כדי ,
Lzb 293 SAC Gl 62, 63 Cooke 369 b RÉS 361; T כַּד , Syriac ˜˜ (kd)); a. according as , Dn
2:43 , b. so soon as, when , 3:7 ; 5:20 ; 6:11 , 15 . b. מִן־דִּי : a. because that , Dn 3:22
Ezr 5:12 ( cf. מֵאֲשֶׁר Is 43: 4); b. from (the time) that, after ( ex quo ), Dn 4:23 Ezr
4:23 . c. עַד דִּי until , Dn 2:9 , 34 ; 4:30 ; 7:22 ; = ere that 6:2 5. d. עַל דִּי Dn 3:19 is
not a conj. , but means above that which … e. for עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי and כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּי see [דִּבְרָה ] and קֳבֵל .