Lexical Definition

‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎ Dânîyêʼl (daw-nee-yale') Daniel ^N:N-M-P
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎דָנִיֵּאל‎

Daniel.

• § Daniel = "God is my judge"
• Danijel, the Hebrew prophet

1) 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
1a) also, 'Belteshazzar' (בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר or בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: דָנִיֵּאל

• A prophet living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.14.14 also called Belteshazzar at Dan.1.7 2.26 4.8, 9, 18, 19 5.12 10.1
• Aramaic of da.niy.yel (‎ד‎ָּ‎נ‎ִ‎י‎ֵּ‎אל‎, ‎ד‎ָּ‎נ‎ִ‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Daniel" דָנִיֵּאל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּנִיֵּאל‎ proper name, masculine Daniel (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Dan 2:13; Dan 2:14 + 50 t. Daniel.

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