What Does Daniel 12:7 Mean?

“And I heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“clothed”

properly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

“in linen”

flaxen thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which was upon”

properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc

“the waters”

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

“of the river”

a channel, e.g., a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the nile, as the one river of egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the tigris, as the m

“when he held up”

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

“his right hand”

the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south

“and his left hand”

properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“and sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“by him that liveth”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

“for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that it shall be for a time”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“that it shall be for a time”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“and an half”

the half or middle

“all these things shall be finished”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

“to scatter”

to dash to pieces, or scatter

“the power”

a 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

“people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“of the holy”

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

“all these things shall be finished”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

these or those