Daniel 8:3
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
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ASV
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
KJV
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֶשָּׂ֤א | va.'e.Sa' | and I lifted up | H5375 → |
| עֵינַי֙ | 'ei.Nai | eyes my | H5869 → |
| וָאֶרְאֶ֔ה | va.'er.'Eh | and I saw | H7200 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| אַ֣יִל | 'A.yil | a ram | H352 → |
| אֶחָ֗ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| עֹמֵ֛ד | 'o.Med | [was] standing | H5975 → |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| הָאֻבָ֖ל | ha.'u.Val | the canal | H180 → |
| וְל֣וֹ | ve.Lo | and [belonged] to it | |
| קְרָנָ֑יִם | ke.ra.Na.yim | two horns | H7161 → |
| וְהַקְּרָנַ֣יִם | ve.ha.ke.ra.Na.yim | and the two horns | H7161 → |
| גְּבֹה֗וֹת | ge.vo.Hot | [were] high | H1364 → |
| וְהָאַחַת֙ | ve.ha.'a.Chat | and the one | H259 → |
| גְּבֹהָ֣ה | ge.vo.Hah | [was] high | H1364 → |
| מִן־ | min- | more than | H4480 → |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֔ית | ha.she.Nit | the second | H8145 → |
| וְהַ֨גְּבֹהָ֔ה | ve.Ha.ge.vo.Hah | and the high [one] | H1364 → |
| עֹלָ֖ה | 'o.Lah | [was] growing up | H5927 → |
| בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ | ba.'a.cha.ro.Nah | at the last | H314 → |
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