Daniel 8:7

The collapse of the Persian power before Alexander, especially in the two great defeats of Issus and Arbela.

was moved with choler an effective rendering: so Daniel 11:11. The Heb. is lit. embitter himself, or be embittered, i.e. be maddened, enraged: cf. in Syriac, Euseb. v. 1, 50 for ἠγριώθη, and elsewhere for μαινόμενος (Payne Smit [322] col. 2200).

[322] yne Smith R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus.

stamped trampled (R.V.), viz. in contempt: so Daniel 8:10. Cf. Isaiah 26:6; Isaiah 63:3. Not the word used in Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:19.

and there was none, &c. The -ram" was now as defenceless before the -he-goat," as others had once (Daniel 8:4) been before it.