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The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. (KJV)
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הָאַ֥יִלha.'A.yilthe ram
Lemma: אַ֫יִל (a.yil) · Strong's: H0352A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ram
Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 32:14, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0352A; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 1
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 2
רָאִ֖יתָra.'I.tayou saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 3
בַּ֣עַלBa.'al[the] possessor of
Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: master: owning
Used 9 times. Also: 2 Kings 1:8, Nehemiah 6:18, Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 17:8, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 8:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1167J; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 4
הַקְּרָנָ֑יִםha.ke.ra.Na.yimthe two horns
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶן (qe.ren) · Strong's: H7161A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: horn
Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 29:12, Exodus 30:2, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 30:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7161A; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 5
מַלְכֵ֖יmal.Khei[is] [the] kings of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 6
מָדַ֥יma.DaiMedia
Lemma: מָדַי (ma.day) · Strong's: H4074H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Media
Used 7 times. Also: Esther 1:3, Esther 1:14, Esther 1:18, Esther 10:2, Isaiah 21:2, Jeremiah 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4074H; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 7
וּפָרָֽס\׃u.fa.Rasand Persia
Lemma: פָּרַס (pa.ras) · Strong's: H6539
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Persia
Used 28 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 36:20, 2 Chronicles 36:22, 2 Chronicles 36:23, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6539; TAHOT Daniel 8:20 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The two-horned | → | קֶ֫רֶן H7161A horn |
| ram | → | אַ֫יִל H0352A ram |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| you saw | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| . . . | → | בַּעַל H1167J master: owning |
| represents the kings | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Media | → | מָדַי H4074H Media |
| and Persia | → | פָּרַס H6539 Persia |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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