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The ramהָאַיִלthatאֲשֶׁרyou sawרָאִיתָhavingבַּעַלthe two hornsהַקְּרָנָיִםis the kingsמַלְכֵיof Mediaמָדַיand Persia.וּפָרָס
Daniel 8:20
Study it in the app“The ram that you saw having the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 8:20, word by word
- The ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- you sawרָאִיתָraita
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raita” appears- havingבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- the two hornsקְּרָנָיִםkeranayim
horn
The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.
Where else “keranayim” appears- is the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of Mediaמָדַיmaday
Madai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” appears- and Persiaפָרָסfaras
Persia
See it on the mapWhere else “faras” appears
Places in this verse
Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
The context
19And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what will be at the end of the indignation; for it is for the appointed time of the end.
20 · This verse (above)
21And the goat, the shaggy one, is the king of Javan; and the great horn that is between its eyes, that is the first king.