Study it in the app“in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the books the number of the years that, as the word of YHWH came to the prophet Jeremiah, were to be fulfilled for the ruins of Jerusalem: seventy years.”
in the firstאַחַתyearבִּשְׁנַתof his reign,לְמָלְכוֹI,אֲנִיDaniel,דָּנִיֵּאלunderstoodבִּינֹתִיin the booksבַּסְּפָרִיםthe numberמִסְפַּרof the yearsהַשָּׁנִיםthat,אֲשֶׁרas the wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהto the prophetאֶל הַנָּבִיאJeremiah,יִרְמִיָהwere to be fulfilledלְמַלֹּאותfor the ruinsלְחָרְבוֹתof Jerusalem:יְרוּשָׁלִַםseventyשִׁבְעִיםyears.שָׁנָה
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “achat” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appearsDaniel
Daniel: the name of several Israelites; the best known is the prophet Daniel. Also the second son of David (1 Chronicles 3:1, called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3) and a priest of Ezra's time. The name means "God is my judge."
Where else “daniyel” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “binoti” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefarim” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmiya” appearsbe fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “malovt” appearsruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charvot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
1In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
2 · This verse (above)
3And I set my face toward Adonai Elohim, to seek him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
