Daniel 12:2–3
Daniel announces that many who sleep in the dust will wake
Study it word by word2And many of those who sleep in the ground of dust will awake, these to eternal life, and those to reproaches, to eternal horror.
3And the insightful will shine like the brightness of the vault, and those who make the many righteous, like the stars forever and ever.
In its context
1And at that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands over the sons of your people; and there will be a time of distress such as has not been since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
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4And you, Daniel, keep secret the words and seal the book until the time of the end; many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”
5And I, Daniel, looked, and look, two others were standing, one on this side, on the bank of the river, and one on that side, on the bank of the river.
Its words in the original
- רַבִּיםrabim· many, great
Many, much, abundant, great; also "elder" or "chief".
- יְּשֵׁנֵיyeshene· asleep
Asleep, sleeping.
- אַדְמַתadmat· ground, land
The ground, the soil that is tilled; also the territory where people live. In Hebrew "adamah" sounds like "adam", the human being formed from it.
- עָפָרafar· dust
Dust, loose dry earth; also the plaster that covers walls. It recalls what the human being is made of: "you are dust, and to dust you will return" (Genesis 3:19).
- יָקִיצוּyakitsu· awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
- חַיֵּיchaye· living, animal, life
Living, alive; also fresh (of water). As a noun, "living thing" or "animal" (above all wild animals); in the plural, "life".
- עוֹלָםolam· forever, eternal
A very long time whose end cannot be seen: looking forward, "forever"; looking back, "of old", "ancient".
- חֲרָפוֹתcharafot· disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
- דִרְאוֹןdiron· abhorrence
Abhorrence, what causes disgust.
- מַּשְׂכִּלִיםmaskilim· act wisely, understand
Act wisely, understand, have insight; make wise, teach. Also succeed, prosper.
- יַזְהִרוּyazhiru· warn, teach; shine
Warn, teach by giving warning. In other places, shine.
- זֹהַרzohar· brightness
Brightness, an intense shining.
- רָקִיעַrakia· vault
Something spread out and firm, like a sheet of metal beaten with a hammer. It is the "vault" of the heavens: what is seen above, like a roof spread over the earth, which God set to separate the waters below from the waters above; God called it "heavens".
- מַצְדִּיקֵיmatsdike· be righteous, justify
Be in the right, be righteous; in another form, declare righteous, justify.
- כּוֹכָבִיםkochavim· star
Star.
- עֶדed· forever
Forever, without end.