And I liftedוָאֶשָּׂאmy eyesעֵינַיand saw,וָאֶרְאֶהand look,וְהִנֵּהaאֶחָדramאַיִלstandingעֹמֵדbeforeלִפְנֵיthe river,הָאֻבָלand it hadוְלוֹtwo horns;קְרָנָיִםand the two hornsוְהַקְּרָנַיִםwere high,גְּבֹהוֹתbut oneוְהָאַחַתwas higherגְּבֹהָהthan the other,מִן הַשֵּׁנִיתand the higher oneוְהַגְּבֹהָהcame upעֹלָהlast.בָּאַחֲרֹנָה
Daniel 8:3
Study it in the app“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.”
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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.
Where else “esa” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- and sawאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- aאֶחָדechad
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “echad” appears- ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- standingעֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the riverאֻבָלuval
stream, canal
Stream, canal: a watercourse.
Where else “uval” appears- two hornsקְרָנָיִםkeranayim
horn
The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.
Where else “keranayim” appears- were highגְּבֹהוֹתgevohot
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohot” appears- than the otherשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- came upעֹלָהola
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ola” appears- lastאַחֲרֹנָהacharona
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharona” appears
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.