Daniel 5:8

5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its ¹  interpretation to the king.

Daniel 8:21

8:21 The male goat ²  is the king of Greece, ³  and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

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¹ tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.

² tn Heb “the he-goat, the buck.” The expression is odd, and the second word may be an explanatory gloss.

³ tn Heb “Javan.”