The Meaning of Daniel 6:9 Explained

Daniel 6:9

KJV: Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

YLT: Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

Darby: Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

ASV: Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Wherefore  king  Darius  signed  the writing  and the decree. 

What does Daniel 6:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Daniel 6:1-15 - Fidelity In Worship
Though he was the most distinguished man of his day, and full of public business, Daniel managed to find time for prayer, in the evening, morning, and at noon, according to the Hebrew custom, Psalms 55:17. He was outwardly a great magnate of the Persian court, but inwardly he was as true as ever to the city of his fathers and to the Temple now in ruins, Daniel 6:10. What a marvelous tribute was afforded to his saintly character by his foes, when they could find no fault in him except as concerned his religious life! Time spent in prayer is not lost time to the suppliant. Luther used to say: "I have so much to do today that I cannot get through with less than three hours of prayer." It was customary for the Jews to turn the face toward the Holy City, which for so long had been the center of their great religious system, 1 Kings 8:44; Jonah 2:4. With us, the upturned face and the references we make to the great High Priest, are significant of a posture of soul analogous and yet superior to the open window. See to it that your windows are always open towards the New Jerusalem, of which you are a citizen, but from which for a little while you are exiled. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 6

1  Daniel is made chief of the presidents
4  They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree
10  Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den
18  Daniel is saved;
24  his adversaries devoured;
25  and God magnified by a decree

What do the individual words in Daniel 6:9 mean?

Therefore according to therefore King Darius signed written and decree the
כָּל־ קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה מַלְכָּא֙ דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ רְשַׁ֥ם כְּתָבָ֖א וֶאֱסָרָֽא

קֳבֵ֖ל  according  to 
Parse: Preposition
Root: קֳבֵל  
Sense: front prep.
מַלְכָּא֙  King 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: מֶלֶךְ  
Sense: king.
דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ  Darius 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ  
Sense: Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as “Astyages” the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as 867 ()).
רְשַׁ֥ם  signed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רְשַׁם  
Sense: to inscribe, sign.
כְּתָבָ֖א  written 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: כְּתָב  
Sense: a writing.
וֶאֱסָרָֽא  and  decree  the 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: אֱסָר  
Sense: interdict, decree, decree of restriction.

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