Verse 5
he goat = a leaper of the goats. The acknowledged symbol of Greece, as the ram was of Persia (see Daniel 8:3 ), because the first colony was directed by an oracle to take a goat for a guide and build a city, which they did, and called it Egeae (from Aix = a goat). Figures of a goat are found to-day on ancient Macedonian monuments.
from the west . Hebrew. ma'rab. Not the place of origin, but the direction from it. In Daniel 8:4 the Hebrew = to the west.
on = over.
notable = conspicuous.
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