Daniel 11:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָמַ֤ד עַל־כַּנּוֹ֙ נִבְזֶ֔ה וְלֹא־נָתְנ֥וּ עָלָ֖יו ה֣וֹד מַלְכ֑וּת וּבָ֣א בְשַׁלְוָ֔ה וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק מַלְכ֖וּת בַּחֲלַקְלַקּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿāmad ʿal-kannô nibzeh wə-lōʾ-nātnû ʿālāyw hôd malkût û-bāʾ bə-šalwāh wə-heḥĕzîq malkût ba-ḥălaqlaqqôt

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿāmad*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will stand
• *ʿal-kannô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - on his place/base
• *nibzeh*: participle niphal, masculine singular - despised/contemptible one
• *wə-lōʾ-nātnû*: conjunction + negative particle + perfect, 3rd common plural - and they did not give
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *hôd*: noun, masculine singular construct - splendor/majesty/honor of
• *malkût*: noun, feminine singular - kingdom/royal power
• *û-bāʾ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will come
• *bə-šalwāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in quietness/security/ease
• *wə-heḥĕzîq*: conjunction + perfect hiphil, 3rd masculine singular - and he will seize/strengthen
• *ba-ḥălaqlaqqôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - with flatteries/smoothness/slippery ways

Word Meanings

• *ʿāmad*: stand/arise/take one's stand
• *kan*: base/place/stand/position
• *nibzeh*: despised/contemptible/vile/scorned
• *nātnû*: they gave/they placed/they set
• *hôd*: splendor/majesty/glory/honor
• *malkût*: kingdom/royal power/reign/dominion
• *bāʾ*: come/enter/arrive
• *šalwāh*: quietness/security/prosperity/ease
• *heḥĕzîq*: seize/strengthen/take hold of/grasp
• *ḥălaqlaqqôt*: flatteries/smoothness/slippery ways/deception

Referenced Verses

• Dan 8:25 : 25 And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
• Dan 11:34 : 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.
• Nah 1:14 : 14 And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
• Dan 11:7 : 7 But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
• Dan 11:20 : 20 Then shall stand up in his place one that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
• Dan 11:32 : 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].
• Judg 9:1-9 : 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. 6 And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem. 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? 12 And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 16 Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands 17 (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, {H5048} and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 18 and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother); 19 if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
• 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
• 2 Sam 15:2-6 : 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! 5 And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
• Ps 12:8 : 8 The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
• Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
• Isa 32:5 : 5 The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
• Dan 7:8 : 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
• Dan 8:9 : 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious [land].
• Dan 8:23 : 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.