en_tn/dan/08/01.md

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General Information:

Chapters 7 and 8 are not in chronological order. They happened while Belshazzar was still the king, before the rule of Darius and Cyrus that was discussed in chapter 6.

General Information:

In Daniel's vision, he saw animals that were symbols of other things. Later in the vision someone explains the meaning of those symbols. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

In the third year

"In year three" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)

Belshazzar

This is the son of Nebuchadnezzar who became king after his father. See how you translated this name in Daniel 5:1.

had a vision appear to me (after the one ... first)

This is background information to remind the reader that this is Daniel's second vision. AT: "had a second vision appear to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

fortress

a walled city that was guarded and protected

Susa ... Elam ... Ulai Canal

These are names of places. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

Canal

A canal is a narrow man-made waterway.