Daniel 10:2

“In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.”

Daniel 10:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Daniel 10:2, word by word

daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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Danielדָנִיֵּאלdaniyel

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."

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wasהָיִיתִיhayiti

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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mourningמִתְאַבֵּלmitabel

mourn

Mourn, grieve for the dead.

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threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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weeksשָׁבֻעִיםshavuim

week

Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.

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The context

1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was truth, and a great conflict; and he understood the word and had understanding in the vision.

2 · This verse (above)

3Delicate food I did not eat, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and I did not anoint myself at all, until three full weeks were completed.

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