And he will setוְיָשֵׂםhis faceפָּנָיוto comeלָבוֹאwith the powerבְּתֹקֶףof allכָּלhis kingdom,מַלְכוּתוֹand bring agreementsוִישָׁרִיםwith him,עִמּוֹand he will act;וְעָשָׂהand the daughterוּבַתof womenהַנָּשִׁיםhe will giveיִתֶּןto himלוֹto destroy it;לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּbut she will notוְלֹאstand,תַעֲמֹדnorוְלֹאbeתִהְיֶהfor him.לוֹ
Daniel 11:17
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With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 11:17, word by word
- And he will setיָשֵׂםyasem
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “yasem” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- to comeבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- with the powerתֹקֶףtokef
authority, power
Authority, the strength with which someone commands.
Where else “tokef” appears- his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- and bring agreementsישָׁרִיםysharim
General meaning: Upright.
Where else “ysharim” appears- and he will actעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- and the daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- of womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- he will giveיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- to destroy itהַשְׁחִיתָhashchita
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “hashchita” appears- standתַעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears
Translation note
“The daughter of women”: so the Hebrew says; it can be understood of a young woman given in marriage; the text does not say whose daughter she is.
The context
16And the one who comes against him will do as he pleases, and there will be no one standing before him; and he will stand in the beautiful land, and destruction will be in his hand.
17 · This verse (above)
18And he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many; but a commander will put an end to his reproach for him; moreover his reproach he will turn back on him.