Daniel 8:8

“And the male goat made itself great exceedingly; and when it was strong, the great horn was broken, and there came up four conspicuous horns in its place toward the four winds of the heavens.”

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

And the male goatצְפִירtsefir

male goat

Male goat: the male of the goat. A word of the late books for the animal offered for sin.

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And the male goatעִזִּיםizim

male goat

The male goat, offered for sin.

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made itself greatהִגְדִּילhigdil

exalt oneself

To exalt oneself proudly.

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exceedinglyמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

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and when it was strongעָצְמatsm

grow mighty

To become mighty and grow in strength.

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the greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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hornקֶּרֶןkeren

horn

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

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was brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra

break

To break something to pieces.

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and there came upתַּעֲלֶנָהtaalena

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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fourאַרְבַּעarba

four

Four.

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conspicuous hornsחָזוּתchazut

conspicuous

Easily seen, standing out.

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windsרוּחוֹתruchot

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

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of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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The context

7And I saw it reaching the ram, and it was enraged at it and struck the ram and broke its two horns; and there was no strength in the ram to stand before it; and it threw it down to the ground and trampled it, and there was no one to deliver the ram from its hand.

8 · This verse (above)

9And out of one of them came a horn from a small beginning, and it grew exceedingly toward the south and toward the east and toward the beautiful land.

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