I sawרָאִיתִיthe ramאֶת הָאַיִלchargingמְנַגֵּחַwestwardיָמָּהand northwardוְצָפוֹנָהand southward,וָנֶגְבָּהand noוְכָל לֹאanimalsחַיּוֹתcould standיַעַמְדוּbefore it,לְפָנָיוand there was noוְאֵיןone to deliverמַצִּילfrom its hand;מִיָּדוֹand it didוְעָשָׂהas it pleasedכִרְצֹנוֹand made itself great.וְהִגְדִּיל
Daniel 8:4
Study it in the app“I 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 8:4, word by word
- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- chargingמְנַגֵּחַmenageach
gore
To strike with horns; or knock down enemies.
Where else “menageach” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- and northwardצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- and southwardנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- animalsחַיּוֹתchayot
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayot” appears- could standיַעַמְדוּyaamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- before itפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- one to deliverמַצִּילmatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “matsil” appears- from its handיָּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and it didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- as it pleasedרְצֹנretson
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retson” appears- and made itself greatהִגְדִּילhigdil
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “higdil” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I was considering, and look, a male goat was coming from the west over the face of all the earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes.