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And manyוְרַבִּיםof those who sleepמִיְּשֵׁנֵיin the groundאַדְמַתof dustעָפָרwill awake,יָקִיצוּtheseאֵלֶּהto eternalעוֹלָםlife,לְחַיֵּיand thoseוְאֵלֶּהto reproaches,לַחֲרָפוֹתto eternalעוֹלָםhorror.לְדִרְאוֹן
Daniel 12:2
Study it in the app“And many of those who sleep in the ground of dust will awake, these to eternal life, and those to reproaches, to eternal horror.”
Daniel announces that many who sleep in the dust will wakeThe Resurrection
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 12:2, word by word
- And manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- of those who sleepיְּשֵׁנֵיyeshene
asleep
Asleep, sleeping.
Where else “yeshene” appears- in the groundאַדְמַתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- of dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- will awakeיָקִיצוּyakitsu
awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “yakitsu” appears- to eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- to reproachesחֲרָפוֹתcharafot
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “charafot” appears- horrorדִרְאוֹןdiron
abhorrence
Abhorrence, what causes disgust.
Where else “diron” appears
Translation note
“Will awake”: it can be understood of the resurrection of the dead (compare John 5:28-29).
The context
1And at that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands over the sons of your people; and there will be a time of distress such as has not been since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the insightful will shine like the brightness of the vault, and those who make the many righteous, like the stars forever and ever.