Lexical Definition

‎דָנִיֵּאל‎ Dânîyêʼl (daw-nee-yale') Daniel ^N:N-M-P
in Ezekiel it is; דָּנִאֵל Dâniʼêl (daw-nee-ale'); from ‎דָּן‎ and ‎אֵל‎; judge of God

Daniel.

• § Daniel = "God is my judge"
• Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites

1) the 2nd son of David, by Abigail the Carmelitess
2) the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel
2a) also, 'Belteshazzar' (בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר or בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר)
3) a priest of the line of Ithamar who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

See Greek: Δανιήλ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּנִאֵל‎, later ‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎ proper name, masculine (compare Ew^{§ 45 d}; El is my judge; on a possible connection with Zend dânu, wise, or wisdom compare Che^{OP 107}; see Palmyrene ‎דנאל‎ Vog⁹³) —

1. son of David 1Chr 3:1, ‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎, but dub, compare Che^{OP 106}; ᵐ5 Δαμνιηλ, ᵐ5^L & Manuscripts Δαλουια; || 2Sam 3:3 ‎כִּלְאָב‎, ᵐ5 Δαλουια; Klo^Sm proposes ‎דֹּדִיָּה‎, & in Chronicles ‎דֹּדִיאֵל‎, but grounds precarious.

2. ‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎, priest of the line of Ithamar Ezra 8:2; Neh 10:7*.

3. ‎דָּנִאֵל‎ a great sage Ezek 28:3 classed with Noah and Job as models of righteousness Ezek 14:14; Ezek 14:20 perhaps the same as

4. ‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎, one of the noble young men taken into captivity by Nebuchadrezzar according to Dan 1:1-6, the hero of the book of Daniel, Dan 1:6 + 22 t. (also frequently in Aramaic section).

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