Daniel 8:15

Hebrew	וַיְהִ֗יplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 בִּרְאֹתִ֛י אֲנִ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת hebrew The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence. For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים ( הֶחָז֑וֹן וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה בִינָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עֹמֵ֥ד לְנֶגְדִּ֖י כְּמַרְאֵה גָֽבֶר
ESV	When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
NIV	While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.
NLT	As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me.
LXX	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἐγένετο ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεωρεῖν με ἐγὼ Δανιηλ τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὅραμα ἐζήτουν διανοηθῆναι καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἰδοὺ ἔστη κατεναντίον μου ὡς ὅρασις ἀνθρώπου
KJV	And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

^{Daniel 8:14 ← Daniel 8:15 → Daniel 8:16}

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