Daniel 10:5-6

Context
10:5 I looked up¹ and saw a² man³ clothed in linen;⁴ around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz.⁵ 10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper,⁶ and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches;⁷ his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice⁸ thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 10:18

Context
10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again⁹ and strengthened me.

[10:5] ¹tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5] ²tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5] ³sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5] ⁴tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5] ⁵tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

[10:6] ⁶tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

[10:6] ⁷tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6] ⁸tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

[10:18] ⁹tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.