Discovery BoxDaniel 6:18 
Context6:18 Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions 1 were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. 2
Daniel 7:2
Context7:2 Daniel explained: 3 “I was watching in my vision during the night as 4 the four winds of the sky 5 were stirring up the great sea. 6
1 tn The meaning of Aramaic דַּחֲוָה (dakhavah) is a crux interpretum. Suggestions include “music,” “dancing girls,” “concubines,” “table,” “food” – all of which are uncertain. The translation employed here, suggested by earlier scholars, is deliberately vague. A number of recent English versions follow a similar approach with “entertainment” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On this word see further, HALOT 1849-50 s.v.; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 37.
2 tn Aram “his sleep fled from him.”
3 tn Aram “answered and said.”
4 tn Aram “and behold.”
5 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
6 sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.
