Daniel 8:5
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And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

an he-goat.

Daniel 8:21 And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.

Daniel 2:32,39 The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass. . . .

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, and it had upon it four wings, as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and power was given to it.

touched not the ground.

Daniel 8:21 And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.

Daniel 11:3 But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth.

Context
Daniel's Vision of the Ram and the Goat
4I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great. 5And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.6And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.…
Cross References
Daniel 8:6
And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.

Daniel 8:8
And the he goat became exceeding great: and when he was grown, the great horn was broken, and there came up four horns under it towards the four winds of heaven.

Daniel 8:21
And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.

Daniel 11:3
But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth.

Lexicon
As I
וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

was
הָיִ֣יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

contemplating all this,
מֵבִ֗ין (mê·ḇîn)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 995: To separate mentally, understand

suddenly
וְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

a goat
צְפִיר־ (ṣə·p̄îr-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6842: A male goat

with a prominent
חָז֖וּת (ḥā·zūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2380: A look, striking appearance, revelation, compact

horn
קֶ֥רֶן (qe·ren)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

his eyes
עֵינָֽיו׃ (‘ê·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

came
בָּ֤א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

out of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the west,
הַֽמַּעֲרָב֙ (ham·ma·‘ă·rāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4628: The west

crossing
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the surface
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the entire
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

without
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

touching
נוֹגֵ֖עַ (nō·w·ḡê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the ground.
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the south-west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat had a horn between his eyes.

And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

And as I was considering, behold, an he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

And I have been considering, and lo, a young he-goat hath come from the west, over the face of the whole earth, whom none is touching in the earth; as to the young he-goat, a conspicuous horn is between its eyes.
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