What Does Daniel 8:2 Mean in the King James?
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
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 vision is not just something seen; the verse anchors seeing itself in a named place.
THE MEANING
You meet a seeing that returns twice, anchored in a named city, province, and river. The verse keeps perception in the foreground while its setting stays concrete: Shushan, Elam, the Ulai.
THE ROOT
חָזוֹן
chazon
GROWS FROM
חזה
To see, behold, or perceive.
The verse says בֶּחָזוֹן (bechazon, “in a vision”) and then וָאֶרְאֶה (va’ereh, “I saw”), joining the vision to the act of seeing. The repeated return to seeing gives the vision a concrete setting rather than leaving it as an abstract idea.
ALSO GROWS
chazah: To see or behold.
חָזָה
This verb is the seed of chazon, showing the vision as a form of seeing.
machazeh: A vision or visionary revelation.
מַחֲזֶה
Genesis 15:1 uses this same root family for the vision in which the LORD’s word comes to Abram.
chozeh: A seer, one who sees.
חֹזֶה
This word names the person through the same act of seeing that the verse repeats.
רָאָה
ra’ah
GROWS FROM
ראה
To see, notice, or perceive.
The verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”) appears in the repeated phrase “I saw.” Its family includes words for both the one who sees and what comes into view, keeping perception and appearance connected.
ALSO GROWS
ro’eh: One who sees; a seer.
רֹאֶה
It names the perceiver through the same root as “I saw.”
mar’eh: An appearance or sight.
מַרְאֶה
It names what is seen, linking the act of seeing to what comes into view.
THE PATTERN
Scripture often presents revelation as seeing that is named and situated.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.THE THREAD
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Daniel’s חָזוֹן (chazon, “vision”) and Genesis’s מַחֲזֶה (machazeh, “vision”) share the root חזה, “to see.” Genesis opens Daniel’s repeated “I saw” further: the vision is a setting in which a word comes into view.
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