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Daniel 9:21

while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Daniel is speaking in prayer when Gabriel, the man seen in Daniel 8:16, arrives in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.

The words — The Hebrew מְדַבֵּר בַּתְּפִלָּה (medaber ba-tefilah) literally means "speaking in prayer," modified by וְעוֹד (ve'od, "and still") to mark the uninterrupted duration of the supplication.

The thread — Gabriel functions as the designated visionary interpreter in Daniel 8:16 and is later identified in Luke 1:19, while the sacrifice timing parallels the evening altar encounter in 1 Kings 18:36.

Why it lands — The text states that divine communication arrives during active prayer, requiring the reader to maintain persistent supplication without assuming immediate resolution.

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The Hebrew words

וְע֛וֹדve./'odand/ stillאֲנִ֥י'a.NiIמְדַבֵּ֖רme.da.Ber[was] speakingבַּתְּפִלָּ֑הba./te.fi.Lahin <the>/ prayerוְהָאִ֣ישׁve./ha./'Ishand/ the/ manגַּבְרִיאֵ֡לgav.ri.'ElGabrielאֲשֶׁר֩'a.Sherwhomרָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiI had seenבֶחָז֤וֹןve./cha.Zonin the/ visionבַּתְּחִלָּה֙ba./te.chi.Lahat the/ beginningמֻעָ֣ףmu.'Afweariedבִּיעָ֔ףbi./'Afwith/ wearinessנֹגֵ֣עַno.Ge.a'[was] approachingאֵלַ֔י'e.La/i<to>/ meכְּעֵ֖תke./'Etabout/ [the] time ofמִנְחַת־min.chat-[the] offering ofעָֽרֶב׃'A.rev[the] evening

King James Version

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

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