What Does Daniel 7:14 Mean?
And dominion was given to him, and weight, and a kingdom, so that all peoples, nations, and tongues should serve him. His dominion is a dominion of ages, which shall not be moved away, and his kingdom which shall not be destroyed.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.THE KEY
The rule that cannot be destroyed begins as something received, not something seized.
THE MEANING
Authority is placed in the hands of the one receiving it, and its reach includes every people, nation, and language. His dominion spans the ages; it does not pass away or become ruin. Service is the shared response to a reign that no language group outlasts.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that every dominion must eventually collapse: this one does not pass away, and its kingdom is not destroyed.
THE ROOT
עָלַם
ʿālam
GROWS FROM
עלם
ʿ-l-m
An age or a long span of time.
“of ages” in this verse is ʿālam. The Aramaic word names duration in ages: this dominion is not a brief season but a reign that continues through the ages. Its repetition in Daniel 7:18 and its Hebrew cousin עוֹלָם (ʿolām, age or ages) make that span audible across both languages.
ALSO GROWS
ʿad ʿālam ʿālmāyā: For ages of ages; forever and ever
עַד עָלַם עָלְמַיָּא
Daniel 7:18 repeats the age-root to extend the kingdom’s duration beyond a single age.
ʿolām: Age, ages, or a long duration in Hebrew
עוֹלָם
This cognate echoes the Aramaic word and connects the dominion’s age-spanning duration with Hebrew scripture.
שָׁלְטָן
šolṭān
GROWS FROM
שלט
š-l-ṭ
To rule or hold authority.
“dominion” in this verse is šolṭān. This word belongs to a family that names ruling and being in authority, so it points to active jurisdiction, not simply honor. Here that authority is given and declared indestructible.
ALSO GROWS
šelat: To rule or hold power
שְׁלַט
The verb shows the action contained in dominion: exercising authority.
shallīṭ: Having authority; ruling
שַׁלִּיט
This form describes one who holds power, linking the dominion to the one who receives it.
מַלְכוּתֵהּ
malkutēh
GROWS FROM
מלך
m-l-k
To reign or rule as king.
The Aramaic word for kingdom shares its root with the word for king: the kingdom is kingship made visible, not merely a parcel of land. The verse places this reign beside dominion and says it cannot be destroyed.
ALSO GROWS
malkā: King
מַלְכָּא
The king and the kingdom grow from the same root, joining the ruler to the realm of his rule.
malku: Kingdom, kingship
מַלְכוּ
This related form names the reign itself, making the kingdom an expression of active rule.
THE PATTERN
The reign that endures crosses the boundaries of ages, peoples, and political orders.
Your governance is a governance of all ages, and your rule is in every generation and generation.And he will reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his governance there will be no end.And the seventh messenger blows the trumpet, and great voices sound in heaven, saying, The governance of the world becomes the governance of our Lord and of his Anointed One, and he reigns into the ages of the ages.THE THREAD
And the kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens, shall be given to the people of the set-apart ones of the Uplifted One, whose kingdom is a kingdom of ages, and all dominions shall serve him, and hear and respond.Daniel 7:27 repeats the Aramaic kingdom-root מלך (m-l-k) alongside dominion, an everlasting kingdom, and service. It opens the gift wider: the kingdom received by the figure is also given to the people of the Most High.
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