8:1 5 In the third year 6 of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. 7
1 tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”
2 tn Heb “the appearance of.”
3 tn Heb “delicacies of the king.” So also in v. 15.
4 tn Heb “your servants.”
5 sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.
6 sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551
7 tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.