King James Version
Daniel 10:4 in the King James Version says “And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;”
Daniel 10:4 · KJV
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. full: Heb. weeks of days
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. pleasant: Heb. bread of desires
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: a: Heb. one man
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“as I was by the side”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“river”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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