Daniel
Daniel 10:20
20“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greecec will come.
Footnotes
- c 10:20 Hebrew of Javan
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you know | הֲיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ | hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| why | לָמָּה־ | lām·māh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| I have come | בָּ֣אתִי | bā·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to you | אֵלֶ֔יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| he said | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I must return | אָשׁ֔וּב | ’ā·šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| at once | וְעַתָּ֣ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| to fight | לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם | lə·hil·lā·ḥêm | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| the prince | שַׂ֣ר | śar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince |
| of Persia | פָּרָ֑ס | pā·rās | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6539 Persia |
| and when I | וַאֲנִ֣י | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| have gone forth | יוֹצֵ֔א | yō·w·ṣê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| behold | וְהִנֵּ֥ה | wə·hin·nêh | Conjunctive waw; Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| the prince | שַׂר־ | śar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince |
| of Greece | יָוָ֖ן | yā·wān | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3120 Ionia(ns), Greece |
| will come | בָּֽא׃ | bā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.