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title: דָּנִיֵּאל — Daniel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּנִיֵּאל (1840), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: Daniel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּנִיֵּאל

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«דָּנִיֵּאל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Daniel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 29 times · **Key:** 1840 · **BDB:** דָּנִאֵל

### Glosses

Daniel (22); O.Daniel (5); \[was\].Daniel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Daniel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1840/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1840/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** later דָּנִיֵּאל n.pr.m. (cf. Ew§ 45 d; Ēl is my judge; on a possible connexion with Zend dânu, wise, or wisdom cf. CheOP 107; v. Palm. דנאל Vog93)— son of David 1 Ch 3:1, דָּנִיֵּאל, but dub. cf. CheOP 106; 𝔊 Δαμνιηλ, 𝔊L \& Codd. Δαλουια; ‖ 2 S 3:3 כִּלְאָב, 𝔊 Δαλουια KloSm proposes דֹּדִיָּה \& in Ch דֹּדִיאֵל, but grounds precarious. דָּנִיֵּאל priest of the line of Ithamar Ezr 8:2 Ne 10:7. דָּנִאֵל a great sage Ez 28:3; classed with Noah and Job as models of righteousness Ez 14:14, 20; perhaps the same as דָּנִיֵּאל, one of the noble young men taken into captivity by Nebuchadrezzar according to Dn 1:1–6, the hero of the book of Daniel, Dn 1:6 + 22 times (also frequently in Aramaic section).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּנִיֵּאל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1840/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.7/)

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דָּנִיֵּ֥אל גִּנְּת֖וֹן בָּרֽוּךְ׃

*Word for word:* Daniel Ginnethon Baruch

*JPS 1917:* Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch;

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[Ezekiel 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.3/)

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הִנֵּ֥ה חָכָ֛ם אַתָּ֖ה מִדָּֽנִיֵּ֑אלכָּל־סָת֖וּם לֹ֥א עֲמָמֽוּךָ׃

*Word for word:* there! \[are\].wise you more than.Daniel all \[that.which.is\].kept.secret not people hold.dark.from.you

*JPS 1917:* Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! there is no secret that they can hide from thee!

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