Daniel 7:4

“The first was like a lion and had wings of an eagle. I was looking until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.”
Daniel 7:4 · direct translation from the Aramaic

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The firstקַדְמָיְתָאwas like a lionכְאַרְיֵהand hadלַהּwingsוְגַפִּיןof an eagle.דִּי נְשַׁרI was lookingחָזֵה הֲוֵיתuntilעַד דִּיits wingsגַפַּיהּwere plucked off,מְּרִיטוּand it was lifted upוּנְטִילַתfrom the groundמִן אַרְעָאand made to standהֳקִימַתon feetוְעַל רַגְלַיִןlike a man,כֶּאֱנָשׁand the heartוּלְבַבof a manאֱנָשׁwas givenיְהִיבto it.לַהּ

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Both texts describe beasts like a leopard, a bear, and a lion.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

חָזֵהjazeH2370εἶδονeidonG3708“see”
דָּמְיָהdamyaH1821ὅμοιονhomoionG3664“be like”
נְמַרnemarH5245παρδάλειpardaleiG3917“leopard”
רַגְלַיִןraglayinH7271πόδεςpodesG4228“foot”
דֹבdovH1678ἄρκουarkouG715“bear”
פֻמַּfumaH6433στόμαstomaG4750“mouth”
אַרְיֵהaryeH744λέοντοςleontosG3023“lion”
יְהִיבyehivH3052ἔδωκενedōkenG1325“give”
שַׂגִּיאsagiH7690μεγάληνmegalēnG3173“much, great”

Daniel 7:4, word by word

The firstקַדְמָיְתָkadmayta

first, former

First, former (Aramaic).

Where else “kadmayta” appears

was like a lionאַרְיֵהarye

lion

Lion (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "arye".

Where else “arye” appears

wingsגַפִּיןgapin

wing

Wing (Aramaic).

Where else “gapin” appears

of an eagleנְשַׁרneshar

eagle

Eagle, or a large bird of prey (Aramaic).

Where else “neshar” appears

I was lookingחָזֵהchaze

see

To look and notice something, also in dreams and visions.

Where else “chaze” appears

I was lookingהֲוֵיתhavet

be, become

To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".

Where else “havet” appears

were plucked offמְּרִיטוּmeritu

pluck off

To pluck off (Aramaic).

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and it was lifted upנְטִילַתnetilat

lift up

To lift up (Aramaic).

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from the groundאַרְעָara

earth

The ground and the inhabited world, above all as the place where kingdoms rule.

Where else “ara” appears

and made to standהֳקִימַתhokimat

arise

To get up, or for a kingdom to emerge.

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on feetרַגְלַיִןraglayin

foot

Foot (Aramaic).

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like a manאֱנָשׁenash

man, human being

Man, human being; as a group, "men", people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "enosh".

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and the heartלְבַבlevav

heart

Heart (Aramaic): the inner person, mind and will. The same word as the Hebrew "levav".

Where else “levav” appears

was givenיְהִיבyehiv

give

To give (Aramaic).

Where else “yehiv” appears

The context

3And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different one from the other.

4 · This verse (above)

5And look, another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they were saying this to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

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