Daniel 9:27

“And he will make strong a covenant with the many for one week; and in the middle of the week he will make sacrifice and offering cease; and on the wing of detestable things will come one who makes desolate, even until the complete destruction that is decreed is poured out on the one who makes desolate.””
Daniel 9:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And he will make strongוְהִגְבִּירa covenantבְּרִיתwith the manyלָרַבִּיםfor oneאֶחָדweek;שָׁבוּעַand in the middleוַחֲצִיof the weekהַשָּׁבוּעַhe will makeיַשְׁבִּיתsacrificeזֶבַחand offeringוּמִנְחָהcease;יַשְׁבִּיתand on the wingוְעַל כְּנַףof detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצִיםwill come one who makes desolate,מְשֹׁמֵםeven untilוְעַדthe complete destructionכָּלָהthat is decreedוְנֶחֱרָצָהis poured outתִּתַּךְon the one who makes desolate.”עַל שֹׁמֵם

Quotation · Matthew 24:15

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Jesus names “the abomination of desolation” of which Daniel speaks (9:27; 11:31; 12:11).

Formula: τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου “spoken of through Daniel the prophet” (Matthew 24:15)

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Greek of the New Testament: Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου ἑστὸς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהִגְבִּיר בְּרִית לָרַבִּים שָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד וַחֲצִי הַשָּׁבוּעַ יַשְׁבִּית זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה וְעַל כְּנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשֹׁמֵם וְעַד כָּלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה תִּתַּךְ עַל שֹׁמֵם

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Daniel 9:27, word by word

And he will make strongהִגְבִּירhigbir

strengthen

To make strong, or confirm a covenant.

Where else “higbir” appears

a covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

Where else “berit” appears

with the manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears

for oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “echad” appears

weekשָׁבוּעַshavua

week

Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.

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and in the middleחֲצִיchatsi

middle

The central point of something, like the middle of the night.

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he will makeיַשְׁבִּיתyashbit

put an end

To make something end, remove it.

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sacrificeזֶבַחzevach

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

Where else “zevach” appears

and offeringמִנְחָהmincha

offering

An offering to God.

Where else “mincha” appears

and on the wingכְּנַףkenaf

wing

A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.

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of detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצִיםshikutsim

detestable thing

Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.

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will come one who makes desolateמְשֹׁמֵםmeshomem

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

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the complete destructionכָּלָהkala

extermination

A complete destruction that leaves nothing.

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that is decreedנֶחֱרָצָהnecheratsa

decree

To settle something in advance.

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is poured outתִּתַּךְtitach

pour out

To gush out, like water or God's wrath.

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Translation note

“The wing”: perhaps the highest part; the sense of this phrase is uncertain. Jesus speaks of “the abomination of desolation” spoken of by Daniel (Matthew 24:15).

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Quotation · Matthew 24:15

Jesus names “the abomination of desolation” of which Daniel speaks (9:27; 11:31; 12:11).

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Daniel 9:27

²⁷And he will make strong a covenant with the many for one week; and in the middle of the week he will make sacrifice and offering cease; and on the wing of detestable things will come one who makes desolate, even until the complete destruction that is decreed is poured out on the one who makes desolate.”

Matthew 24:15

¹⁵So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in a holy place (let the reader understand),

The context

26And after the sixty and two weeks an Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing; and the people of a leader who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place; and its end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.

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