Daniel 12:3

“And the insightful will shine like the brightness of the vault, and those who make the many righteous, like the stars forever and ever.”

Daniel 12:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Daniel announces that many who sleep in the dust will wakeThe Resurrection

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Daniel 12:3, word by word

And the insightfulמַּשְׂכִּלִיםmaskilim

act wisely

To grasp what matters and act wisely.

Where else “maskilim” appears
will shineיַזְהִרוּyazhiru

shine

To give a clear, intense light, like the sky.

Where else “yazhiru” appears
like the brightnessזֹהַרzohar

brightness

Brightness, an intense shining.

Where else “zohar” appears
of the vaultרָקִיעַrakia

vault

Something spread out and firm, like a sheet of metal beaten with a hammer. It is the "vault" of the heavens: what is seen above, like a roof spread over the earth, which God set to separate the waters below from the waters above; God called it "heavens".

Where else “rakia” appears
and those who makeמַצְדִּיקֵיmatsdike

vindicate

To pronounce someone in the clear, defend their cause.

Where else “matsdike” appears
the manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears
like the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim

star

Star.

Where else “kochavim” appears
foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears
and everעֶדed

forever

Time that does not end, without limit of years.

Where else “ed” appears

The context

2And many of those who sleep in the ground of dust will awake, these to eternal life, and those to reproaches, to eternal horror.

3 · This verse (above)

4And you, Daniel, keep secret the words and seal the book until the time of the end; many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”

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