Dan 9:21 | NETfull | STEP | yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 9:21

21 yes, while I was still praying, ^{▼▼ Heb “speaking in prayer.”} the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously ^{▼▼ Heb “in the beginning.”} in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, ^{▼▼ The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8–9, 16–17; also NASB.} around the time of the evening offering.