The Meaning of Daniel 10:4 Explained

Daniel 10:4

KJV: And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

YLT: And in the twenty and fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that is Hiddekel:

Darby: And on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:

ASV: And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

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What is the context of Daniel 10:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;

What does Daniel 10:4 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Daniel had gone to the Tigris (Hiddekel, AV) River, perhaps to pray for the exiles who had returned, and he had probably gone there with other godly Jews. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread fell on the fourteenth through the twenty-first days of the first month. The Jews did not observe these festivals in captivity as they had formerly in their own land. Three days after these important memorial days, God gave Daniel a vision that he alone saw (cf. Daniel 12:5).

Context Summary

Daniel 10:1-21 - The Vision By The River

This chapter gives a glimpse into the great conflict which is always in progress between heaven and hell. For three weeks the radiant Being who came to Daniel as he prayed and fasted by the great river, was withstood by the mighty fallen spirit, who was concerned with the destinies of the kingdom of Persia; and it was only when he was succored and reinforced that he was able to accomplish the divine errand, Daniel 10:13. What a revelation is here-that probably each heathen country is ruled by some wicked spirit in the high places; that the fight is at times almost overpowering even for bright unfallen angels; and that the blessings which are ours are sometimes delayed because of the storms that sweep the ocean through which they come. Perhaps by our prayer we are able to throw an ounce-weight into the scale, and turn the battle. How reassuring the touch of that hand and tender the address of that voice. Who cannot be strong when strengthened by the right hand of God? Go forth into the fight of another day! God holds thy right hand. Be true and strong; thou canst not fail! [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 10

¹ Daniel, having humbled himself, sees a vision
¹⁰ Being troubled with fear, he is comforted by the angel

What do the individual words in Daniel 10:4 mean?

And on the day twenty and four of month the first and as I was by the side of the river great it [is] the Tigris

וּבְי֛וֹם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וַאֲנִ֗י הָיִ֛יתִי עַ֣ל יַ֧ד הַנָּהָ֛ר הַגָּד֖וֹל ה֥וּא חִדָּֽקֶל

וּבְי֛וֹם	And on the day
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	twenty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה	and four
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ	of month
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹדֶשׁ Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן	the first
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: רִאשֹׁון Sense: first, primary, former.
וַאֲנִ֗י	and as I
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אֲנִי Sense: I (first pers.
יַ֧ד	the side
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
הַנָּהָ֛ר	of the river
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נָהָר Sense: stream, river.
הַגָּד֖וֹל	great
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great.
ה֥וּא	it [is]
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
חִדָּֽקֶל	the Tigris
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: חִדֶּקֶל Sense: one of the rivers of Eden which coursed east toward Assyria; better known as the Tigris (the LXX equivalent).

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