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Daniel 10:2

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

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בַּיָּמִ֖יםbayamimin as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הָהֵ֑םhahemthe theyהֵםdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “the they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.אֲנִ֤יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.דָֽנִיֵּאל֙daniyelDanielדָנִיֵּאלnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1840Daniel or Danijel, the name of two IsraelitesDaniel.הָיִ֣יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מִתְאַבֵּ֔לmitabellamentאָבַלverb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “lament”, a verb used as a describing wordH56to bewaillament, mourn.שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הsheloshahthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁבֻעִ֖יםshavuimweekשָׁבוּעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “week”, the ordinary formH7620literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)seven, week.יָמִֽיםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

Young’s Literal Translation

'In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;

World English Bible

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

Darby Translation

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:

Douay-Rheims

In those days I Daniel mourned the days of three weeks.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)