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תִּנְיָן
tin.yan
H8578
A:A Hebrew

second

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tin.yan marks the bear-like beast as the next one in Daniel’s vision.

The attested use marks a beast in Daniel’s vision as the next in sequence, identifying it in relation to another beast.

Senses in use

  1. The next beast in the vision · dominant

    In Daniel 7:5, the feminine singular ordinal form identifies the bear-like beast as another one in the vision’s sequence; the APB renders the clause “another beast, a second one, resembling a bear.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 7:5, the APB presents the clause as “another beast, a second one”; Its exact wording cannot be assigned to the term with certainty.

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