Daniel 4:16

his heart i.e. his intelligence: let him receive the understanding of a beast (imagine himself an animal). The heart, in Hebrew psychology, is the seat not (as commonly with us) of tender feeling (a -heartless" man), but of the intellect:cf. Hosea 7:11, -a silly dove, without heart," i.e. without understanding, Jeremiah 5:21, -a foolish people, without understanding," lit. without heart.

seven times i.e. seven years: cf. Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7 (Heb. mô-çd); Revelation 12:14 (καιρός). With -pass over," comp. 1 Chronicles 29:30.