Daniel 8:4

“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.”

Daniel 8:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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chargingמְנַגֵּחַmenageach

gore

To strike with horns; or knock down enemies.

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westwardיָמָּyama

west

Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.

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and northwardצָפוֹנָtsafona

north

North.

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and southwardנֶגְבָּnegba

south

One of the four sides of the land: the south.

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animalsחַיּוֹתchayot

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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could standיַעַמְדוּyaamdu

stand

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

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before itפָנָיfanay

before

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

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one to deliverמַצִּילmatsil

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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from its handיָּדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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and it didעָשָׂהasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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as it pleasedרְצֹנretson

will

What one decides as one likes.

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and made itself greatהִגְדִּילhigdil

exalt oneself

To exalt oneself proudly.

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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.

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