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And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. (KJV)
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וְהַצָּפִ֥ירve.ha.tza.Firand the he-goat
Lemma: צָפִיר (tsa.phir) · Strong's: H6842
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: male goat
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 29:21, Ezra 8:35, Daniel 8:5, Daniel 8:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6842; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 1
הַשָּׂעִ֖ירha.sa.'Ir<the> hairy
Lemma: שָׂעִיר (sa.ir) · Strong's: H8163B
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: he-goat
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 37:31, Leviticus 4:23, Leviticus 4:24, Leviticus 9:3, Leviticus 9:15, Leviticus 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8163B; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 2
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[is] [the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 8:21 word 3
יָוָ֑ןya.VanGreece
Lemma: יָוָן (ya.van) · Strong's: H3120H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Greece
Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 27:19, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 11:2, Zechariah 9:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3120H; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 4
וְהַקֶּ֤רֶןve.ha.Ke.renand the horn
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶן (qe.ren) · Strong's: H7161A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
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 8:21 word 5
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.Lah<the> great
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 6
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
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 8:21 word 7
בֵּין\־bein-[is] between
Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
Meaning: between
Used 379 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0996G; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 8
עֵינָ֔יו'ei.Naveyes its
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 9
ה֖וּאhu'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 10
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekh[is] the king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 8:21 word 11
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן\׃ha.ri.Shon<the> first
Lemma: רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) · Strong's: H7223G
Parsing: Aomsa (Aomsa)
Meaning: first
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 32:17, Genesis 33:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7223G; TAHOT Daniel 8:21 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The shaggy | → | שָׂעִיר H8163B he-goat |
| goat | → | צָפִיר H6842 male goat |
| represents the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Greece | → | יָוָן H3120H Greece |
| and the large | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| horn | → | קֶ֫רֶן H7161A horn |
| between | → | בַּ֫יִן H0996G between |
| his eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| is | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| the first | → | רִאשׁוֹן H7223G first |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
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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