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Daniel (Persian: دانيال, Dâniyal or Danial, also Dani, داني ; Arabic: دانيال, Danyal) is a figure appearing in the Hebrew Bible and the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. The name "Daniel" means "Judged by God". "Dan" = judge, "i" = a suffix conjugating the verb such that its action applies to the speaker, and "el" = God. Alternatively, it could mean "The Judge of God" (as analogously "Gabriel" means "Man of God" rather than "Overcome by God") or "God is my Judge" (in this case "Dan" is treated as a noun with the "i" suffix indicating a first-person possessive). This section describes Daniel as a historical figure within the setting of the original source of Tanakh. At the first deportation of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (the kingdom of Israel had come to an end nearly a century before at the hands of the Assyrians), or immediately after his victory over the Egyptians at the second battle of Carchemish, in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim (BCE 606), Daniel and three ... Read more about Daniel on Wikipedia

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