חֲזָה

Ezra 4:14 לְמֶֽחֱזֵ֑א to see

Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

Daniel 2:8 חֲזֵית֔וֹן you have seen

The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final.

Daniel 2:26 חֲזֵ֖ית I saw

The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”

Daniel 2:31 חָזֵ֤ה seeing

As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

Daniel 2:34 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Here: An active participle, "watching". Paired with the next word it describes an ongoing act: the king was staring at the vision while it played out in front of him. Daniel uses the same verb for visionary sight throughout the book (2:31; 7:2, 4, 6, 9).

Daniel 2:41 חֲזַ֜יְתָה חֲזַ֔יְתָה you saw

And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.

Daniel 2:43 חֲזַ֗יְתָ you saw

As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.

Here: "You saw", spoken to Nebuchadnezzar. This verb is used for seeing in visions and dreams all through Daniel's Aramaic chapters, so it marks the image as something revealed to him.

Daniel 2:45 חֲזַ֡יְתָ you saw

And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Here: "You saw." This root is used throughout Daniel for seeing visions. It points back to what the king himself saw in his dream (2:31, 34).

Daniel 3:19 חֲזֵ֖ה [was] proper

At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

Here: Literally 'seen'. In Aramaic it means 'what is seen to be fitting', i.e. proper or customary (compare Ezra 4:14, 'it is not fitting for us'). The king orders heat beyond anything normal or sensible.

Daniel 3:25 חָזֵ֜ה [am] seeing

“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

Here: A participle: 'I am seeing', something still happening in front of him. In Daniel this verb is also used for seeing visions, but here it is ordinary eyesight looking into the furnace.

Daniel 3:27 חָזַ֣יִן [they were] seeing

and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

Here: A participle: "were looking at, were examining". The scene is one of close inspection, not a passing glance. Elsewhere in Daniel the same verb is used for seeing visions.

Daniel 4:5 חֲזֵ֖ית I saw

I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

Here: "I saw." In Semitic idiom you "see" a dream rather than "have" one. The dream is pictured as something shown to the sleeper, not something he makes up. The verb shares its root with "visions" later in the verse.

Daniel 4:9 חֲזֵ֛ית I saw

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

Here: "I saw". This is the verb behind "visions", so the phrase means "the seeings I saw".

Daniel 4:10 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

Daniel 4:13 חָזֵ֥ה seeing

As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

Here: A participle, 'seeing'. Together with the next word it means 'I kept looking'. Here it is the seeing of a seer, the word Aramaic uses for taking in a dream-vision.

Daniel 4:18 חֲזֵ֔ית I saw

This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 4:20 חֲזַ֔יְתָ you saw

The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

Here: "You saw", addressed to Nebuchadnezzar. In Daniel this is the regular verb for seeing in dreams and visions. The same root comes back at the end of the verse in "its visibility", which ties the clause together.

Daniel 4:23 חֲזָ֣ה he saw

And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

Here: 'Saw', the ordinary Aramaic verb for seeing, used throughout Daniel for seeing dreams and visions. Daniel is reminding the king of his own dream.

Daniel 5:5 חָזֵ֔ה [was] seeing

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Here: 'Was seeing, was watching'. The verb describes ongoing action: the king stares while the hand works. Verse 6 continues the sentence with his reaction.

Daniel 5:23 חָזַ֧יִן [are] seeing

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Here: 'Seeing.' The idols have eyes but no sight. The God of heaven, by contrast, has just sent a hand that wrote where the king could see it (5:5, 24).

Daniel 7:1 חֲזָ֔ה he saw

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

Here: 'He saw'. In Aramaic you 'see' a dream. The verb is the root of the 'visions' word that follows, so 'saw' and 'visions' echo each other: this is a seeing experience.

Daniel 7:2 חָזֵ֥ה seeing

Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.

Here: A participle, 'seeing' or 'watching'. Together with the next word it pictures Daniel gazing steadily while the scene plays out in front of him. The root is the normal word for prophetic seeing.

Daniel 7:4 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.

Here: "Seeing": an ongoing participle. This verb is the usual word for seeing in visions and dreams. It is related to ḥezû, "vision", in 7:1–2.

Daniel 7:6 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

Next, as I watched, suddenly another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

Daniel 7:7 חָזֵ֨ה seeing

After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

Here: Participle, 'seeing'. This is the verb of visionary seeing, related to the noun 'vision' that follows. Daniel watches a scene as it unfolds.

Daniel 7:9 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

Here: A participle, 'seeing'. It is the standard verb for watching a vision in Daniel's Aramaic chapters (2:31, 4:10, 7:2), and it marks what follows as something Daniel sees, not something he reasons out.

Daniel 7:11 חָזֵ֣ה חָזֵ֣ה seeing

Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.

Daniel 7:13 חָזֵ֤ה seeing

In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

Here: A participle meaning 'seeing'. Paired with the next word it means 'I kept watching'. This is the refrain Daniel uses to open each new stage of the vision (7:2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13).

Daniel 7:21 חָזֵ֣ה seeing

As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,