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And a mightyגִּבּוֹרkingמֶלֶךְwill stand upוְעָמַדand ruleוּמָשַׁלwith greatרַבdominionמִמְשָׁלand doוְעָשָׂהas he pleases.כִּרְצוֹנוֹ
Daniel 11:3
Study it in the app“And a mighty king will stand up and rule with great dominion and do as he pleases.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 11:3, word by word
- And a mightyגִּבּוֹרgibor
mighty
Strong, of great power, also YHWH.
Where else “gibor” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- will stand upעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and ruleמָשַׁלmashal
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “mashal” appears- with greatרַבrav
great
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “rav” appears- dominionמִמְשָׁלmimshal
dominion
Dominion: the territory and power over which someone rules. In 2 Kings 20:13, "all his dominion" is all of Hezekiah's kingdom. In 1 Chronicles 26:6 it names those who hold authority.
Where else “mimshal” appears- and doעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- as he pleasesרְצוֹנretson
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retson” appears
The context
2And now I will declare to you truth. Look, three more kings will stand up in Persia, and the fourth will gain great riches more than all; and when he is strong through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.
3 · This verse (above)
4And when he has stood up, his kingdom will be broken and divided toward the four winds of the heavens, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be uprooted and go to others besides these.