and his bodyוּגְוִיָּתוֹwas like chrysolite,כְתַרְשִׁישׁand his faceוּפָנָיוlike the appearanceכְּמַרְאֵהof lightning,בָרָקand his eyesוְעֵינָיוlike torchesכְּלַפִּידֵיof fire,אֵשׁand his armsוּזְרֹעֹתָיוand his feetוּמַרְגְּלֹתָיוlike the gleamכְּעֵיןof burnishedקָלָלbronze,נְחֹשֶׁתand the soundוְקוֹלof his wordsדְּבָרָיוlike the soundכְּקוֹלof a multitude.הָמוֹן
Daniel 10:6
Study it in the app“and his body was like chrysolite, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 10:6, word by word
- and his bodyגְוִיָּתgeviyat
body
The physical frame of a living being.
Where else “geviyat” appears- was like chrysoliteתַרְשִׁישׁtarshish
precious stone
A precious stone whose identity is uncertain, perhaps topaz or yellow jasper. It bears the name of Tarshish, the distant place.
Where else “tarshish” appears- and his faceפָנָיfanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanay” appears- like the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- of lightningבָרָקvarak
lightning
The sudden light that flashes across the sky in a storm.
Where else “varak” appears- and his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- like torchesלַפִּידֵיlapide
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapide” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and his armsזְרֹעֹתָיzerootay
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zerootay” appears- and his feetמַרְגְּלֹתָיmarglotay
place of the feet
The place of the feet: the part where someone lying down has his feet.
Where else “marglotay” appears- of burnishedקָלָלkalal
burnished
Burnished, polished until it shines.
Where else “kalal” appears- bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- and the soundקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of his wordsדְּבָרָיdevaray
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appears- of a multitudeהָמוֹןhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears
The context
5I lifted my eyes and looked, and look, a man clothed in linen, and his waist girded with fine gold of Uphaz;
6 · This verse (above)
7And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, and the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great trembling fell on them, and they fled to hide.