unfoldingWord_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](../05/01.md).
# 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.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/daniel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elam]]