On Dan 7:16 and one of “the attendants” (Aramaic: קאמיא, lit.: “those standing”):
This term refers back to one of
the “myriads of myriads” who stands before the throne of the Ancient of Days in
service (v. 10). The interaction between Daniel and a character from the vision
demonstrates that the apocalyptic revelation is not merely symbolic, but reflects
a reality to which Daniel is privy. This is similar to the visions related in 1
Kgs 22:19; Isaiah 6; and Ezekiel 1, all of which describe a prophet to whom the
divine court has been revealed. (Michael Segal, Dreams, Riddles and Visions:
Textual, Contextual and Intertextual Approaches to the Book of Daniel
[Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 455; Berlin:
De Gruyter, 2016], 132 n. 2)
