Daniel 8:20
"The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

The ram which thou sawest having two horns,.... Here begins the particular explanation of the above vision, and of the first thing which the prophet saw in it, a ram with two

horns: which two horns, he says, are the kings of Media and Persia; Darius the first king was a Mede, and Cyrus, that succeeded him, or rather reigned with him, was a Persian: or rather the ram with two horns signifies the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians united in one monarchy, of which the ram was an emblem; See Gill on Dan 8:3 for Darius and Cyrus were dead many years before the time of Alexander; and therefore could not personally be the two horns of the ram broken by him; nor is it to be understood of the kings of two different families, as the one of. Cyrus, and the other of Darius Hystaspes, in whose successors the Persian monarchy continued till destroyed by Alexander, as Theodoret.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H0352 אַיִל
Definition:

From the same as'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree -- m From the same as'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree -- m

Possible Meanings:
  • help (semantic_range)
H0834 אֲשֶׁר
Definition:

1according to TsepreghiDiss. Lugd. p. 171MühlauBö. Lb. ii. 79 n.StaMorg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167HomZMG 1878, 708 ff.Müll§ 153SayceHebraica. ii. 51LagM. i. 255 &especially KraeHebraica. vi. 298 ff 1according to TsepreghiDiss. Lugd. p. 171MühlauBö. Lb. ii. 79 n.StaMorg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167HomZMG 1878, 708 ff.Müll§ 153SayceHebraica. ii. 51LagM. i. 255 &especially KraeHebraica. vi. 298 ff

Possible Meanings:
  • Asher (semantic_range)
  • happy one (semantic_range)
  • Felix (semantic_range)
  • the tribe (semantic_range)
H7200 רָאָה
Definition:

7, compareריחspectacleDeuteronomy 1:12; Sabeanראיsee, expectDHMZMG xxix (1875), 506,599; Arabicsee, so Ethiopicᵑ7רֵו,רֵיוָאhumanappearance, features, etc. (compare Hebrewרְָאִי2)); —Qal1141Perfect3mas 7, compareריחspectacleDeuteronomy 1:12; Sabeanראיsee, expectDHMZMG xxix (1875), 506,599; Arabicsee, so Ethiopicᵑ7רֵו,רֵיוָאhumanappearance, features, etc. (compare Hebrewרְָאִי2)); —Qal1141Perfect3mas

Possible Meanings:
  • vision (semantic_range)
H1167 בַּעַל
Definition:

392t.; suffixבַּעְלִּיHosea 2:18;בַּעְלָּהּDeuteronomy 24:45t.; pluralבְּעָלִיםJudges 2:1117t.; constructבַּעֲלֵיGenesis 14:1327t.; suffixבְּעָלָיוExodus 21:2914t.;בְּעָלֶיהָJob 31:392t.;בַּעְלֵּיהֶןE 392t.; suffixבַּעְלִּיHosea 2:18;בַּעְלָּהּDeuteronomy 24:45t.; pluralבְּעָלִיםJudges 2:1117t.; constructבַּעֲלֵיGenesis 14:1327t.; suffixבְּעָלָיוExodus 21:2914t.;בְּעָלֶיהָJob 31:392t.;בַּעְלֵּיהֶןE

Possible Meanings:
  • owner (semantic_range)
  • lord (semantic_range)
H7161 קֶרֶן
Definition:

25horn; — absolute׳קIsaiah 5:1+,קָ֑רֶןPsalm 75:5; constructקֶ֫רֶןJoshua 6:5+; suffixקַרְנִי1 Samuel 2:1;Psalm 92:11, etc.; dualקַרְנַיִםHabakkuk 3:4,קְרָנַיִםDaniel 8:3,6,נָ֑יִם-Daniel 8:3;Daniel 8:20 25horn; — absolute׳קIsaiah 5:1+,קָ֑רֶןPsalm 75:5; constructקֶ֫רֶןJoshua 6:5+; suffixקַרְנִי1 Samuel 2:1;Psalm 92:11, etc.; dualקַרְנַיִםHabakkuk 3:4,קְרָנַיִםDaniel 8:3,6,נָ֑יִם-Daniel 8:3;Daniel 8:20

H4428 מֶלֶךְ
Definition:

4המלכן; Phoenicianמלך; ZinjirliמלךDHMSendsch. 60; Assyrianmaliku,malku,prince(Assyrianšarru=king); Arabicking(original Hebrew *מַלִחinferred, LagBN 73BaNB § 112WMMAs. u. Europ.76); SabeanמלכןSabDenkmN 4המלכן; Phoenicianמלך; ZinjirliמלךDHMSendsch. 60; Assyrianmaliku,malku,prince(Assyrianšarru=king); Arabicking(original Hebrew *מַלִחinferred, LagBN 73BaNB § 112WMMAs. u. Europ.76); SabeanמלכןSabDenkmN

Possible Meanings:
  • counsel (semantic_range)
  • advice (semantic_range)
H4074 מָדַי
Definition:

2(P) =1 Chronicles 1:5; as hostile powerIsaiah 13:17;Isaiah 21:2;זֶרַע מָדַיDaniel 9:1; land and people,מַלְכֵי מָדַיJeremiah 25:25(+מַלְכֵי עֵילָם),Jeremiah 51:11,28;וּפָרַס׳מַלְכֵי מDaniel 8:20; com 2(P) =1 Chronicles 1:5; as hostile powerIsaiah 13:17;Isaiah 21:2;זֶרַע מָדַיDaniel 9:1; land and people,מַלְכֵי מָדַיJeremiah 25:25(+מַלְכֵי עֵילָם),Jeremiah 51:11,28;וּפָרַס׳מַלְכֵי מDaniel 8:20; com

Possible Meanings:
  • Medes (semantic_range)
  • Media (semantic_range)
H6539 פָרַס
Definition:

2τῇ Περσίδι(ᵐ5andΘ), 2 Chronicles 36:20Μήδων(Old PersianPârsa,Persian, Persia, SpiegAPK 231, New Persian,; Arabic; —׳פ2Chronicles 36:22 +,מָּרָ֑ס2 Chronicles 36:20+; — in late literature, 2 Chronicles 2τῇ Περσίδι(ᵐ5andΘ), 2 Chronicles 36:20Μήδων(Old PersianPârsa,Persian, Persia, SpiegAPK 231, New Persian,; Arabic; —׳פ2Chronicles 36:22 +,מָּרָ֑ס2 Chronicles 36:20+; — in late literature, 2 Chronicles

Possible Meanings:
  • Persians (semantic_range)

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