אֱנָשׁ

Ezra 4:11 אֱנָ֥שׁ [the] man of

(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

Ezra 6:11 אֱנָ֗שׁ person

I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

Daniel 2:10 אֲנָשׁ֙ [is] a person

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Daniel 2:38 אֲ֠נָשָׁא <the> humankind

Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

Here: A collective word for humankind. 'Sons of mankind' simply means human beings, every people and nation. It is the same word that appears in 7:13 ('one like a son of man').

Daniel 2:43 אֲנָשָׁ֔א <the> humankind

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: "Of humankind". Together with the previous word: "human offspring" or "human descent". It is the ordinary Aramaic word for human beings, the same one behind "one like a son of man" in 7:13.

Daniel 3:10 אֱנָ֡שׁ person

You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,

Daniel 4:16 אֲנָשָׁ֣א human the

Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.

Here: 'The human' or 'humankind', a collective noun. The same word comes back in verse 17, 'the kingdom of humankind'. The man who rules over humankind loses the heart of humankind.

Daniel 4:17 אֲנָשָׁ֗א אֲנָשִׁ֖ים human the, humankind

This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

Here: "Of humankind": human beings as a whole. 'The kingship of humankind' means all human rule anywhere. The same word appears in 'one like a son of man' (Dan 7:13).

Daniel 4:25 אֲנָשָׁ֡א אֲנָשָׁ֔א <the> humankind

You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

Here: Humanity as a whole, "human society". The same word comes back at the end of the verse ("the kingship of humankind"): the man who ruled humankind is expelled from it.

Daniel 4:32 אֲנָשָׁא֩ אֲנָשָׁ֔א <the> humankind

You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

Here: Humanity as a group, 'the human community.' The same word comes back at the end of the verse ('the kingdom of humankind'). The man thrown out of humanity is the one who thought he ruled it.

Daniel 4:33 אֲנָשָׁ֣א <the> humankind

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

Daniel 5:5 אֱנָ֔שׁ a human

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: 'Of a human being'. The hand looks completely ordinary and human. That makes it more frightening, not less. Verse 24 shows where it really comes from: 'from his [God's] presence the hand was sent.'

Daniel 5:7 אֱ֠נָשׁ person

The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Here: 'Any person'. The word stresses ordinary humanity, which is fitting in a chapter where human expertise fails.

Daniel 5:21 אֲנָשָׁ֨א אֲנָשָׁ֔א <the> humankind

He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

Here: A collective noun, 'mankind, humanity'. It comes back in the phrase 'the kingdom of humankind', so the verse is framed by the word: the man thrown out of humanity has to learn who rules humanity.

Daniel 6:7 וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ and person

All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.

Here: 'Or human being': the ban covers requests to people too, so that it looks like a sweeping loyalty measure and not a law against one religion.

Daniel 6:12 אֱנָ֡שׁ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ person, and person

So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

Daniel 7:4 כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ אֱנָ֖שׁ like a human, a human

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: "Like a human." ʾĕnāš means a human being, not specifically a male. It is the same word that appears in 7:13 in "one like a son of man (bar ʾĕnāš)".

Daniel 7:8 אֲנָשָׁא֙ <the> humankind

While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

Here: 'A human being.' The horn of a beast has human eyes: human intelligence and scheming set in a beastly power. The same word appears in 7:4 (the lion given a human heart) and 7:13 ('one like a son of man').

Daniel 7:13 אֱנָ֖שׁ man

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: 'Humankind.' With 'son of' it means 'a human being, a member of the human race'. After four monstrous beasts comes a figure who looks human.