Daniel 6:2
Strong's Lexicon
and over
וְעֵ֤לָּא (wə·‘êl·lā)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5924: 1) above

מִנְּהוֹן֙ (min·nə·hō·wn)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4481: 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

them three
תְּלָתָ֔א (tə·lā·ṯā)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8532: 1) three 1a) three (cardinal number) 1b) third (ordinal number)

דִּ֥י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

administrators,
סָרְכִ֣ין (sā·rə·ḵîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5632: 1) chief, overseer

including Daniel,
דָנִיֵּ֖אל (ḏā·nî·yêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1841: Daniel = 'God is my judge' 1) the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel 1a) also, 'Belteshazzar' ( H01095 or H01096)

חַֽד־ (ḥaḏ-)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2298: 1) one (number) 1a) one 1b) a (indefinite article)

מִנְּה֑וֹן (min·nə·hō·wn)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4481: 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

דִּֽי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

to whom
לְהוֹן֙ (lə·hō·wn)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew :

these
אִלֵּ֗ין (’il·lên)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 459: 1) these, those

satraps
אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣א (’ă·ḥaš·dar·pə·nay·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 324: 1) satrap, a governor of a Persian province

יָהֲבִ֤ין (yā·hă·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3052: 1) to give, provide 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to give 1a2) to place, lay (foundations) 1b) (Hithp'al) 1b1) to be given 1b2) to be paid

were accountable
טַעְמָ֔א (ṭa‘·mā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2941: 1) taste, judgment, command 1a) taste 1b) judgment, discretion 1c) report 1d) command

so that the king
וּמַלְכָּ֖א (ū·mal·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

would not
לָֽא־ (lā-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

suffer loss.
נָזִֽק׃ (nā·ziq)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5142: 1) to suffer injury 1a) (P'al) to suffer injury 1b) (Aphel) to injure

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.

New American Standard Bible
and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.

King James Bible
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel [was] first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

New Living Translation
The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.

English Standard Version
and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

New American Standard Bible
and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.

King James Bible
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.

International Standard Version
along with three chief administrators from them, one of which was Daniel. The regional authorities reported to these three administrators, so that the king would experience no losses.

NET Bible
Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king's interests might not incur damage.

American Standard Version
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

English Revised Version
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

Young's Literal Translation
and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel is first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
















Cross References
Ezra 4:22
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Daniel 2:48
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:49
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Daniel 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:16
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 6:1
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

Daniel 5:30
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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