Daniel 10:5

10:5 I looked up ¹  and saw a ²  man ³  clothed in linen; ⁴  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ⁵ 

Daniel 10:11

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ⁶  Understand the words that I am about to ⁷  speak to you. So stand up, ⁸  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ⁹  to me, I stood up shaking.

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¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

³ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

⁴ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

⁵ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

⁶ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

⁸ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

⁹ tn Heb “spoke this word.”