I saw in the vision—at the time I saw it I was in the fortress of Shushan, in the province of Elam—I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai River.
I looked and saw a ram standing between me and the river; he had two horns; the horns were high, with one higher than the other, and the higher sprouting last.
I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward. No beast could withstand him, and there was none to deliver from his power. He did as he pleased and grew great.
As I looked on, a he-goat came from the west, passing over the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a conspicuous horn on its forehead.
I saw him reach the ram and rage at him; he struck the ram and broke its two horns, and the ram was powerless to withstand him. He threw him to the ground and trampled him, and there was none to deliver the ram from his power.
Then the he-goat grew very great, but at the peak of his power his big horn was broken. In its place, four conspicuous horns sprouted toward the four winds of heaven.
From one of them emerged a small horn, which extended itself greatly toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומןהאחת
510
מהם
85
יצא
101
קרןאחת
759
מצעירה
415
ותגדליתר
1053
אלהנגב
91
ואלהמזרח
297
ואלהצבי
144
Daniel 8:10
Gematria: 2950
ותגדלעדצבאהשמיםותפלארצהמןהצבאומןהכוכביםותרמסם
It grew as high as the host of heaven and it hurled some stars of the [heavenly] host to the ground and trampled them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותגדל
443
עדצבא
167
השמים
395
ותפל
516
ארצה
296
מןהצבא
188
ומןהכוכבים
199
ותרמסם
746
Daniel 8:11
Gematria: 2764
ועדשרהצבאהגדילוממנוהריםהורםהתמידוהשלךמכוןמקדשו
It vaunted itself against the very chief of the host; on its account the regular offering was suspended, and God’s holy place was abandoned.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ועד
80
שרהצבא
598
הגדיל
52
וממנו
142
הרים
255
הורם
251
התמיד
459
והשלך
361
מכון
116
מקדשו
450
Daniel 8:12
Gematria: 4438
וצבאתנתןעלהתמידבפשעותשלךאמתארצהועשתהוהצליחה
An army was arrayed iniquitously against the regular offering;aAn army was arrayed iniquitously against the regular offering Meaning of Heb. uncertain. it hurled truth to the ground and prospered in what it did.
Then I heard a holy being speaking, and another holy being said to whoever it was who was speaking, “How long will [what was seen in] the vision last—the regular offering be forsaken because of transgression; the sanctuary be surrendered and the [heavenly] host be trampled?”bthe regular offering … be trampled Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואשמעה
422
אחדקדוש
423
מדבר
246
ויאמר
257
אחד
13
קדוש
410
לפלמוני
246
המדבר
251
עדמתי
524
החזון
76
התמיד
459
והפשע
461
שמם
380
תת
800
וקדש
410
וצבא
99
מרמס
340
Daniel 8:14
Gematria: 2844
ויאמראליעדערבבקראלפיםושלשמאותונצדקקדש
Came the reply,cCame the reply Lit. “He said to me”; several ancient versions “He said to him.” “For twenty-three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”
He came near to where I was standing, and as he came I was terrified, and fell prostrate. He said to me, “Understand, O mortal, that the vision refers to the time of the end.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
אצל
121
עמדי
124
ובבאו
17
נבעתי
532
ואפלה
122
עלפני
240
ויאמר
257
אלי
41
הבן
57
בןאדם
97
כי
30
לעתקץ
690
החזון
76
Daniel 8:18
Gematria: 2105
ובדברועמינרדמתיעלפניארצהויגעביויעמידניעלעמדי
When he spoke with me, I was overcome by a deep sleep as I lay prostrate on the ground. Then he touched me and made me stand up,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובדברו
220
עמי
120
נרדמתי
704
עלפני
240
ארצה
296
ויגעבי
101
ויעמידני
200
עלעמדי
224
Daniel 8:19
Gematria: 2567
ויאמרהננימודיעךאתאשריהיהבאחריתהזעםכילמועדקץ
and said, “I am going to inform you of what will happen when wrath is at an end, for [it refers] to the time appointed for the end.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
הנני
115
מודיעך
150
את
401
אשריהיה
531
באחרית
621
הזעם
122
כי
30
למועד
150
קץ
190
Daniel 8:20
Gematria: 2165
האילאשרראיתבעלהקרניםמלכימדיופרס
“The two-horned ram that you saw [signifies] the kings of Media and Persia;
One was broken and four came in its stead—that [means]: four kingdoms will arise out of a nation, but without its power.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והנשברת
963
ותעמדנה
575
ארבע
273
תחתיה
823
ארבע
273
מלכיות
506
מגוי
59
יעמדנה
179
ולא
37
בכחו
36
Daniel 8:23
Gematria: 3140
ובאחריתמלכותםכהתםהפשעיםיעמדמלךעזפניםומביןחידות
When their kingdoms are at an end, when the measure of transgressiondtransgression Lit. “transgressors.” has been filled, then a king will arise, impudent and versed in intrigue.
He will have great strength, but not through his own strength. He will be extraordinarily destructive; he will prosper in what he does, and destroy the mighty and the people of holy ones.
By his cunning, he will use deceit successfully. He will make great plans, will destroy many, taking them unawares, and will rise up against the chief of chiefs, but will be broken, not by [human] hands.
So I, Daniel, was stricken,ewas stricken Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and languished many days. Then I arose and attended to the king’s business, but I was dismayed by the vision and no one could explain it.