Why did he say "Lahen Malka"?
Rashi: Truly, you are king; heed my counsel.
What is "Malki"?
Rashi: It is my counsel, like [the Targum of] "I'atzecha" (Shemos 18:19) - Amalchinach. Ibn Ezra - it is like "va'Yimalech Libi Alai."
What will be good for you?
Rashi: My counsel will be good in your eyes, to heed my words.
What is the meaning of "va'Chata'ach b'Tzidkah Ferok"?
Rashi: Redeem your sin from your neck via Tzedakah.
Why did he add "va'Avayasach"?
Rashi: Redeem your sin from your neck via grace (gifts) to the poor.
Malbim: Chet is in deed, due to desire. Tzedakah suffices to atone for it. Avon is due to crooked intellect and intentional denial - this requires Chen for the poor, which is more than Tzedakah.
What is Shelevesach, which will be extended?
Rashi: Your Shalom; perhaps the evil will not come quickly.
Ibn Ezra: Your Shegagah (error; its punishment will be delayed).
Why did Daniel give this counsel to Nebuchadnetzar?
Rashi: He saw that Yisrael are poor, the bottom of the Galus, begging for food. He said, these Aniyim that you exiled are hungry - feed them! He did so for 12 months.
Malbim: The dream hints to this - the tree has food for all, and all will be fed from it. Until now, the first half was fulfilled - all the abundance was in Bavel, and the entire world was fed from its essence. The second half was not fulfilled; he did not feed Aniyim - he took what was theirs! Rather, now he will feed them, due to Daniel's advice 1 . As long as he does, he will remain king. Daniel understood that he will not do so for a long time, for the tree will be cut
This is unlike Bava Basra 4a, which says that Daniel was punished for giving this counsel. If so, it was not part of the dream's Perush! (PF)
