Daniel 8

1:1 (c-0) (The title of this book, 'Daniel'), Meaning, '*God (El) is judge.'8:2 fortress (e-20) See Neh. 1.1. 8:9 earth]. (f-29) Or 'the beautiful.' It may be the land or the temple. see Ezek. 20.6,15; Dan. 11.16,41,45; see Ps. 50.2. 8:11 he (g-2) There is here a change of gender in the original, making the little horn more personal. 8:12 trial (a-5) Or 'distress;' same word as 'service,' Num. 4.3; 'suffering,' Isa. 40.2. it (b-17) i.e. the little horn. practised (c-27) Or 'wrought,' 'did great things.' see 1Sam. 26.25. 8:13 one (d-13) The word denotes a certain unknown person. long (e-17) Or 'Until when.' 8:14 vindicated. (f-20) Lit. 'justified.' 8:15 vision, (g-12) Heb. chazan, from chozeh, seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time). appearance (h-28) Heb. mareh. Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23. 8:16 vision. (h-25) Heb. mareh. Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23. 8:17 vision (g-31) Heb. chazan, from chozeh, seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time). 8:18 stood. (i-31) Or perhaps 'set me upright,' as ch. 10.11; Gen. 19.27; but cf. the preceding verse. 8:21 rough (k-3) Lit. 'hairy.' Greece; (l-9) Javan, Gen. 10.2. 8:23 riddles, (m-25) Or 'dark sentences,' or 'hard sentences,' as ch. 5.12. see Num. 12.8; or 'wiles.' 8:24 practise, (n-23) See ver. 12. saints. (o-35) Or 'holy ones;' Kodesh. see Ps. 89.7. 8:25 many; (p-27) Or 'in [their] security shall destroy many.' see Jer. 12.10. 8:26 vision, (g-21) Heb. chazan, from chozeh, seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time). vision (h-3) Heb. mareh. Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23. 8:27 vision, (a-25) See Note h ver. 16. understood (b-28) Or 'explained.'