But the princeוְשַׂרof the kingdomמַלְכוּתof Persiaפָּרַסwas standingעֹמֵדagainst meלְנֶגְדִּיtwenty-oneעֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָדdays;יוֹםand look,וְהִנֵּהMichael,מִיכָאֵלoneאַחַדof the chiefהָרִאשֹׁנִיםprinces,הַשָּׂרִיםcameבָּאto help me,לְעָזְרֵנִיand Iוַאֲנִיwas leftנוֹתַרְתִּיthereשָׁםbeside the kingsאֵצֶל מַלְכֵיof Persia.פָרָס
Daniel 10:13
Study it in the app“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing against me twenty-one days; and look, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I was left there beside the kings of Persia.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 10:13, word by word
- But the princeשַׂרsar
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sar” appears- of the kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- of Persiaפָּרַסparas
Persia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appears- was standingעֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- against meנֶגְדִּnegdi
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appears- twenty-oneעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- Michaelמִיכָאֵלmichael
Michael
Michael, father of Sethur, of the tribe of Asher; others bear the same name, among them the angel Michael (Daniel 10:13). It means "who is like God?"
Where else “michael” appears- of the chiefרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim
chief
First in rank.
Where else “rishonim” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- to help meעָזְרֵazre
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azre” appears- was leftנוֹתַרְתִּיnotarti
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarti” appears- beside the kingsאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- beside the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears
Places in this verse
Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
The context
12And he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your Elohim, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people at the end of the days, for the vision is yet for those days.”