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And at the endוּבְאַחֲרִיתof their kingdom,מַלְכוּתָםwhenכְּthe transgressorsהַפֹּשְׁעִיםhave reached their full measure,הָתֵםthere will stand upיַעֲמֹדa kingמֶלֶךְfierceעַזof faceפָּנִיםand understandingוּמֵבִיןriddles.חִידוֹת
Daniel 8:23
Study it in the app“And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, there will stand up a king fierce of face and understanding riddles.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 8:23, word by word
- And at the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- of their kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchuta” appears- the transgressorsפֹּשְׁעִיםposhim
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “poshim” appears- have reached their full measureהָתֵםhatem
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “hatem” appears- there will stand upיַעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- fierceעַזaz
fierce
Hard and cruel, not to be softened or moved to pity.
Where else “az” appears- of faceפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- and understandingמֵבִיןmevin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “mevin” appears- riddlesחִידוֹתchidot
riddle
Riddle: an obscure saying that must be worked out; a puzzle.
Where else “chidot” appears
The context
22And as for the one that was broken, in whose place four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with its strength.
23 · This verse (above)
24And his power will be mighty, but not by his own power; and he will destroy astonishingly, and prosper, and act, and destroy mighty ones and the people of the saints.