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Thenאֱדַיִןtheseאִלֵּךְmenגֻּבְרַיָּאcame throngingהַרְגִּשׁוּand foundוְהַשְׁכַּחוּDanielלְדָנִיֵּאלmaking a requestבָּעֵאand pleadingוּמִתְחַנַּןbeforeקֳדָםhis Elah.אֱלָהֵהּ
Daniel 6:11
Study it in the app“Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making a request and pleading before his Elah.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 6:11, word by word
- Thenאֱדַיִןedayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appears- menגֻּבְרַיָּguvraya
man
Man, male (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gever".
Where else “guvraya” appears- came throngingהַרְגִּשׁוּhargishu
come thronging
To come together in a crowd, in commotion (Aramaic).
Where else “hargishu” appears- and foundהַשְׁכַּחוּhashkachu
find
To find, to discover (Aramaic).
Where else “hashkachu” appears- Danielדָנִיֵּאלdaniyel
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” appears- making a requestבָּעֵאbae
ask
To ask for something, or pray to God.
Where else “bae” appears- and pleadingמִתְחַנַּןmitchanan
plead
To beg earnestly for a favor.
Where else “mitchanan” appears- beforeקֳדָםkodam
before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodam” appears- his Elahאֱלָהֵelahe
Elah, 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” appears
The context
10And 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”