And I sawוָאֶרְאֶהin the vision,בֶּחָזוֹןand it happened,וַיְהִיwhen I saw,בִּרְאֹתִיthat I wasוַאֲנִיin Susaבְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהwhich isאֲשֶׁרin the provinceבְּ הַמְּדִינָהof Elam;עֵילָםand I sawוָאֶרְאֶהin the vision,בֶּחָזוֹןand Iוַאֲנִיwasהָיִיתִיby the riverעַל אוּבַלUlai.אוּלָי
Daniel 8:2
Study it in the app“And I saw in the vision, and it happened, when I saw, that I was in Susa the fortress, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 8:2, word by word
- And I sawאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- in the visionחָזוֹןchazon
vision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appears- and it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan
Susa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears- the fortressבִּירָהbira
palace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appears- in the provinceמְּדִינָהmedina
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appears- of Elamעֵילָםelam
Elam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appears- by the riverאוּבַלuval
stream, canal
Stream, canal: a watercourse.
Where else “uval” appears- Ulaiאוּלָיulay
Ulai
Ulai: a river or canal by Susa in Elam.
Where else “ulay” appears
Places in this verse
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
The context
1In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me at the first.
2 · This verse (above)
3And I lifted my eyes and saw, and look, a ram standing before the river, and it had two horns; and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.