What Does Daniel 8:11 Mean in the King James?
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The text measures this power’s self-made greatness by what it takes away and by the set-apart place it throws down.
THE MEANING
A power enlarges itself until it stands against the Prince of the host. Its self-exaltation reaches into worship: the continual offering is taken away, and the place of the sanctuary is thrown down. The verse makes domination visible in what it silences and destroys.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that self-exaltation is only a claim to status: here it removes the continual offering and casts down the set-apart place.
THE ROOT
הִגְדִּיל
higdil
GROWS FROM
גדל
g-d-l
To grow or become great; in this verb form, to make great or exalt.
“magnified himself” in this verse is higdil. The Hebrew presents his action as making himself great, not merely drawing attention. A same-root branch is מִגְדָּל (migdāl), “tower,” which gives self-magnification the image of a rising structure reaching toward the Prince.
ALSO GROWS
gādōl: Great, large
גָּדוֹל
The same root names the greatness this power claims for itself.
migdāl: Tower
מִגְדָּל
This branch gives a concrete image of something made to rise high, echoing the power’s self-enlargement.
מִקְדָּשׁוֹ
miqdāshô
GROWS FROM
קדש
q-d-sh
To set apart; to mark as sacred or consecrated.
The Hebrew word for sanctuary grows from the root for “set apart.” So the verse describes more than a place being thrown down: the place defined by its setting-apart is under assault.
ALSO GROWS
qādōsh: Set apart
קָדוֹשׁ
It shares the root that marks the sanctuary as distinct from what is ordinary.
qōdesh: Sacredness; that which is set apart
קֹדֶשׁ
It shows the quality carried by the sanctuary’s name and targeted when its place is cast down.
THE PATTERN
Self-exalting power shows its reach by crossing against what is set apart for God.
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.THE THREAD
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.“Magnified himself” in both verses comes from the Hebrew root גדל (g-d-l), “grow or become great.” Daniel 11:36 opens the repeated shape of this power: it makes itself great above every god and speaks against the God of gods.
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