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And when he spokeוּבְדַבְּרוֹwith meעִמִּיaccording to theseכַּ הָאֵלֶּהwords,דְּבָרִיםI setנָתַתִּיmy faceפָנַיtoward the groundאַרְצָהand was mute.וְנֶאֱלָמְתִּי
Daniel 10:15
Study it in the app“And when he spoke with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground and was mute.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 10:15, word by word
- And when he spokeדַבְּרdabr
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabr” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- I setנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- toward the groundאַרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- and was muteנֶאֱלָמְתִּיneelamti
be mute
To lose one's voice, from pain, astonishment or a command of God.
Where else “neelamti” appears
The context
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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And look, one with the likeness of human beings was touching my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision my pangs have turned upon me, and I have not retained strength.