Daniel 7:13–14
Daniel sees one like a son of man given dominion over all peoples
Study it word by word13I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of the heavens one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.
14And to him was given dominion and honor and kingdom, and all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him; his dominion is an eternal dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.
In its context
11I was looking then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking; I was looking until the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given to the burning of fire.
12And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but a lengthening of life was given them for a season and a time.
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15As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within its sheath, and the visions of my head were troubling me.
16I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters:
Its words in the original
- חָזֵהchaze· see
To see (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "chaza".
- הֲוֵיתhavet· be, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
- חֶזְוֵיchezve· vision
Vision (Aramaic): what is seen, above all in a dream or a revelation.
- לֵילְיָlelya· night
Night (Aramaic).
- אֲרוּaru· look
Look! (Aramaic): draws attention to what is seen.
- עִםim· with
With (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "im".
- עֲנָנֵיanane· cloud
Cloud (Aramaic).
- שְׁמַיָּshemaya· heavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
- בַרvar· son
Son (Aramaic). It is the word that corresponds to the Hebrew "ben".
- אֱנָשׁenash· man, human being
Man, human being; as a group, "men", people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "enosh".
- אָתֵהate· come
To come, to arrive (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "ata".
- עַתִּיקatik· ancient
Ancient, aged (Aramaic): "the Ancient of Days".
- יוֹמַיָּyomaya· day
Day (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yom".
- מְטָהmeta· reach, come
To reach, to arrive; to come upon someone (Aramaic).
- קְדָמוֹkedamo· before
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
- הַקְרְבוּhakrvu· draw near, offer
To draw near; in its causative form, to offer, to present an offering (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "qarav".
- יְהִיבyehiv· give
To give (Aramaic).
- שָׁלְטָןshaltan· dominion, rule
Dominion, rule (Aramaic): the power to govern; also the realm that is ruled.
- יקָרykar· honor, glory
Honor, glory, splendor (Aramaic).
- מַלְכוּmalchu· kingdom, reign
Kingdom, reign (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "malchut".
- עַמְמַיָּammaya· people
People (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "am".
- אֻמַיָּumaya· nation
Nation, people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "umma".
- לִשָּׁנַיָּlishanaya· tongue, language
Tongue, language (Aramaic); also a people that speaks one language.
- יִפְלְחוּןyiflchun· serve
To serve (Aramaic), above all in worship; "servants" of the house of God.
- עָלַםalam· antiquity, forever
Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".
- יֶעְדֵּהyede· pass away; remove
To pass, to pass away; in its causative form, to take away, to remove (Aramaic).
- תִתְחַבַּלtitchabal· damage, destroy
To damage, to destroy (Aramaic).