Study it in the app“And Daniel, when he knew that the writing had been signed, went into his house; and he had windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem; and three times a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and giving thanks before his Elah, just as he had been doing before this.”
Daniel keeps praying three times a day, with windows open toward JerusalemPrayerThreatened, Daniel keeps praying and giving thanks three times a dayJoy and thanks
And Daniel,וְדָנִיֵּאלwhenכְּדִיhe knewיְדַעthatדִּיthe writingכְּתָבָאhad been signed,רְשִׁיםwentעַלinto his house;לְבַיְתֵהּand he hadלֵהּwindowsכַוִּיןopenפְּתִיחָןin his upper roomוְ בְּעִלִּיתֵהּtoward Jerusalem;נֶגֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶםand threeוְ תְּלָתָהtimesזִמְנִיןa dayבְיוֹמָאheהוּאwas kneelingבָּרֵךְon his kneesעַל בִּרְכוֹהִיand prayingוּמְצַלֵּאand giving thanksוּמוֹדֵאbeforeקֳדָםhis Elah,אֱלָהֵהּjust asכָּל קֳבֵל דִּיhe had been doingהֲוָא עָבֵדbefore this.מִן קַדְמַת דְּנָה
Daniel
Daniel (the Aramaic form of the name): the prophet, one of the exiles of Judah at the court of Babylon. The name means "El is my judge".
Where else “daniyel” appearsknow
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “yeda” appearswriting
What is written: a document or an inscription.
Where else “ketava” appearsinscribe, sign
To write down, to sign a document (Aramaic).
Where else “reshim” appearsenter
To go inside a place, in Aramaic.
Where else “al” appearshouse
A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.
Where else “vayte” appearswindow
Window (Aramaic).
Where else “chavin” appearsopen
To open (Aramaic).
Where else “petichan” appearsupper room
Upper room, a room on the roof (Aramaic).
Where else “ilite” appearstoward
Toward, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “neged” appearsJerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yerushlem” appearsthree
Three; also "third" (Aramaic).
Where else “telata” appearsoccasion
Each of the times something is repeated (Aramaic).
Where else “zimnin” appearsday
Day (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yom".
Where else “yoma” appearskneel
Go down on one's knees.
Where else “barech” appearsknee
Knee (Aramaic).
Where else “bircho” appearspray
To pray (Aramaic).
Where else “metsale” appearsgive thanks, praise
To give thanks, to praise (Aramaic).
Where else “mode” appearsbefore
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodam” appearsElah, God, god
Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.
Where else “elahe” appearsbecause
For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).
Where else “kovel” appearsbe, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “hava” appearsdo, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “aved” appearsformer time
Former time: "before this" (Aramaic).
Where else “kadmat” appears9Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the prohibition.
10 · This verse (above)
11Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making a request and pleading before his Elah.
