Daniel 4:14-16
loudly <02429> [aloud. Chal. with might.]
Chop down <01414> [Hew.]
animals <02423> [let.]
leave <07662> [leave.]
mind .............. mind <03825> [Let his.]
Here a transition is made from the tree to Nebuchadnezzar, whom it represented; the tree being lost sight of, a person came in its stead. This person having lost the heart, or disposition of a man, and conceiving himself a beast, should act as such, and herd among them.
altered <08133> [be changed.]
seven periods ... time <05732 07655> [seven times.]
That is, seven years, a time in the prophetic language denoting a year.
