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And Danielדָּנִיֵּאלwas thereוַיְהִיuntil the firstעַד אַחַתyearשְׁנַתof Kingלְ הַמֶּלֶךְCyrus.כוֹרֶשׁ
Daniel 1:21
Study it in the app“And Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:21, word by word
- And Danielדָּנִיֵּאלdaniyel
Daniel
Daniel: the name of several Israelites; the best known is the prophet Daniel. Also the second son of David (1 Chronicles 3:1, called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3) and a priest of Ezra's time. The name means "God is my judge."
Where else “daniyel” appears- was thereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- until the firstאַחַתachat
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “achat” appears- yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Cyrusכוֹרֶשׁchoresh
Cyrus
Cyrus: king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed the exiles of Judah to return to their land and rebuild the house of God.
Where else “choresh” appears
The context
20And in every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king asked of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and the enchanters who were in all his kingdom.
21 · This verse (above)