Daniel 10:5
Context| NETBible | 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 |
| XREF | Jos 5:13; Isa 11:5; Jer 10:9; Eze 9:2; Da 12:6,7; Zec 1:8; Eph 6:14; Re 1:13-15; Re 15:6,7 |
| NET © Notes |
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). |
