Daniel 7:4

Harishonah (the first) was like an arye (lion), and had eagleʼs wings. I was beholding until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from ha'aretz, and was made to stand upon two feet like a man, and a manʼs lev was given to it. + 7:4 See Dan 4:34 [4:31]

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.

In Context

3And four chayyot hagedolot (great beasts) came up from the yam, different one from another.

5And hinei another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it, Arise, devour much basar (flesh).

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Sha'ul and Yonatan 1 were beloved and gracious in their lives, 1 and in their mot they were not parted; 1 they were swifter than nesharim, 1 they were stronger than arayot. 1

Psalms 9:20Arise, Hashem; 1 let not enosh (mankind) prevail; let the Goyim be judged in Thy sight. 1

Isaiah 14:13For thou hast said in thine lev, 1 I will ascend into Shomayim, 1 I will exalt my kisse 1 above the kokhavim (stars) of El (G-d); 1 I will sit also upon the har mo'ed (mount of assembly), 1 on yarketei Tzafon (on the heights of Tzafon); 1

Jeremiah 4:13Hinei, he + 4:13 the approaching foe shall come up like ananim (clouds), 1 and his merkavot shall be like the whirlwind; 1 his susim are swifter than nesharim (eagles). 1 Oy lanu! (Woe unto us!) For we are ruined. 1

Jeremiah 25:38He hath left His hiding place, as the lion; 1 for their land is desolate because of the charon (anger) of the oppressor, 1 and because of His charon af.

Jeremiah 49:19Hinei, he shall come up like an aryeh from the thicket of the Yarden against the rich pastureland; but I will suddenly make him run away from her; and who is Bachur (Chosen one), that I may appoint over her? Mi khamoni (who is like Me)? And who will arraign Me? And who is that Ro'eh (shepherd) that will stand before Me?

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:2-9

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was… Read the whole commentary →

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