Daniel 2:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise [men] of Babylon.

Hebrew
urging them to plead
לְמִבְעֵא֙ (lə·miḇ·‘ê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1156: To seek, ask

for mercy
וְרַחֲמִ֗ין (wə·ra·ḥă·mîn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7359: Compassion

from
קֳדָם֙ (qo·ḏām)
Preposition
Strong's 6925: Before

the God
אֱלָ֣הּ (’ĕ·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 426: God

of heaven
שְׁמַיָּ֔א (šə·may·yā)
Noun - mdd
Strong's 8065: The sky

concerning
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5922: Above, over, upon, against

this
דְּנָ֑ה (də·nāh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 1836: This

mystery,
רָזָ֖ה (rā·zāh)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's 7328: To attenuate, hide, a mystery

so that
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because

Daniel
דָּנִיֵּ֣אל (dā·nî·yêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1841: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon

and his friends
וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי (wə·ḥaḇ·rō·w·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2269: Fellow, comrade

would not
לָ֤א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3809: Not, no

be killed
יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ (yə·hō·ḇə·ḏūn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5974: With, equally with

the rest
שְׁאָ֖ר (šə·’ār)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7606: Rest, remainder

of the wise [men]
חַכִּימֵ֥י (ḥak·kî·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2445: Wise, a Magian

of Babylon.
בָבֶֽל׃ (ḇā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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