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Commentary for Daniel 2:8

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃

The king answered and said: ‘I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,

Rashi on Daniel

in truth, I know [as translated,] in truth, I know.
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Rashi on Daniel

truth Aram. יַצִיב, a true and permanent thing.
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Rashi on Daniel

that this time you are doomed Aram. דִּי עִדָּנָא אַנְתוּן זַבְנִין, that this time you are delivered to death.
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Rashi on Daniel

because you see because you see that the matter escaped me, but you repeatedly ask me to tell you.
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