And the insightfulוּמַשְׂכִּילֵיamong the peopleעָםwill give understandingיָבִינוּto the many;לָרַבִּיםbut they will stumbleוְנִכְשְׁלוּby the swordבְּחֶרֶבand by flame,וּבְלֶהָבָהby captivityבִּשְׁבִיand by plunder,וּבְבִזָּהfor some days.יָמִים
Daniel 11:33
Study it in the app“And the insightful among the people will give understanding to the many; but they will stumble by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for some days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 11:33, word by word
- And the insightfulמַשְׂכִּילֵיmaskile
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskile” appears- among the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- will give understandingיָבִינוּyavinu
teach
To make someone understand, to teach him the way.
Where else “yavinu” appears- to the manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- but they will stumbleנִכְשְׁלוּnichshlu
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “nichshlu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and by flameלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- by captivityשְׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- and by plunderבִזָּהviza
plunder
Plunder: what is taken from the defeated in war or in a raid. It is of the family of "plunder" (the verb).
Where else “viza” appears- for some daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
32And those who act wickedly against the covenant he will corrupt with flatteries; but the people who know their Elohim will stand firm and act.
33 · This verse (above)
34And when they stumble they will be helped with a little help, and many will join them with intrigues.