Daniel 7:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִלִּין לְצַד עִלָּאָה יְמַלִּל וּלְקַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִּין יְבַלֵּא וְיִסְבַּר לְהַשְׁנָיָה זִמְנִין וְדָת וְיִתְיַהֲבוּן בִּידֵהּ עַד־עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן

Transliteration

And millîn to side of 'illāʾāh yəmallil and to qaddîšê 'elyônîn yəḇallēʾ and yisbar to ləhašnāyāh zimnîn and ḏāṯ and yiṯyahaḇûn in his ḇîḏēh until 'iddān and 'iddānîn and pəlag 'iddān

Grammar Details

• *millîn*: feminine plural noun - words
• *'illāʾāh*: adjective, masculine singular, emphatic state - the Most High
• *yəmallil*: Pa'el imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will speak
• *qaddîšê*: masculine plural adjective, construct state - saints of
• *'elyônîn*: masculine plural adjective - most high
• *yəḇallēʾ*: Pa'el imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will wear out
• *yisbar*: Pe'al imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will think/intend
• *ləhašnāyāh*: Haph'el infinitive - to change
• *zimnîn*: masculine plural noun - times/seasons
• *ḏāṯ*: feminine singular noun - law/decree
• *yiṯyahaḇûn*: Hithpe'el imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be given
• *ḇîḏēh*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *'iddān*: masculine singular noun - time/period
• *'iddānîn*: masculine plural noun - times/periods
• *pəlag*: masculine singular construct - division/half of

Word Meanings

• *millîn*: words/matters/things
• *'illāʾāh*: the Most High/the Highest
• *yəmallil*: will speak/utter/proclaim
• *qaddîšê 'elyônîn*: saints of the Most High/holy ones of the Highest One
• *yəḇallēʾ*: will wear out/exhaust/harass
• *yisbar*: will think/intend/plan
• *ləhašnāyāh*: to change/alter/modify
• *zimnîn*: times/appointed seasons
• *ḏāṯ*: law/decree/statute
• *yiṯyahaḇûn ḇîḏēh*: they will be given into his hand/delivered into his power
• *'iddān wə'iddānîn ûpəlag 'iddān*: time, times and half a time/a year, two years and half a year

Referenced Verses

• Rev 12:14 : 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
• Dan 12:7 : 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
• Dan 12:11-12 : 11 And from the time [that] the daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• Rev 11:2-3 : 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months. 3 ¶ And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
• Rev 12:6 : 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.
• Dan 7:20 : 20 And of the ten horns that [were] in his head, and [of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even [of] that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look [was] more stout than his fellows.
• Rev 13:5-9 : 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 ¶ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
• Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
• Rev 13:15-17 : 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
• Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
• Dan 8:24-25 : 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
• Dan 11:28 : 28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [exploits], and return to his own land.
• Dan 11:30-31 : 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
• Dan 11:36-38 : 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
• Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Dan 4:32 : 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Dan 7:8 : 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
• Rev 11:7-9 : 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
• 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
• Rev 6:9-9 : 9 ¶ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?