Daniel 8:3

“And 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.”

Daniel 8:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Daniel 8:3, word by word

And I liftedאֶשָּׂאesa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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my eyesעֵינַena

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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and sawאֶרְאֶהere

see

To see with one's eyes.

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aאֶחָדechad

a certain

Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.

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ramאַיִלayil

ram

A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.

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standingעֹמֵדomed

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the riverאֻבָלuval

stream, canal

Stream, canal: a watercourse.

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two hornsקְרָנָיִםkeranayim

horn

The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.

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were highגְּבֹהוֹתgevohot

tall

Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.

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than the otherשֵּׁנִיתshenit

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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came upעֹלָהola

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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lastאַחֲרֹנָהacharona

last

What comes at the end or goes behind something else.

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The context

2And 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.

3 · This verse (above)

4I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward, and no animals could stand before it, and there was no one to deliver from its hand; and it did as it pleased and made itself great.

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