In Dan. 7:15, the Hebrew text states,

^טו אֶתְכְּרִיַּת רוּחִי אֲנָה דָנִיֵּאל בְּגוֹא נִדְנֶה וְחֶזְוֵי רֵאשִׁי יְבַהֲלֻנַּנִי

which the King James Version translates into English as,

¹⁵ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ^{KJV, 1769}

I’m curious about the word נִדְנֶה which is translated as “my body.” Rather than נִדְנֶה, I would have expected גִּשְׁמִי (“my body”) or perhaps even גֶּשֶׁם (“body”). What is the meaning of the word נִדְנֶה?

In Dan. 7:15, the Aramaic text states,

^טו אֶתְכְּרִיַּת רוּחִי אֲנָה דָנִיֵּאל בְּגוֹא נִדְנֶה וְחֶזְוֵי רֵאשִׁי יְבַהֲלֻנַּנִי

which the King James Version translates into English as,

¹⁵ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ^{KJV, 1769}

I’m curious about the word נִדְנֶה which is translated as “my body.” Rather than נִדְנֶה, I would have expected גִּשְׁמִי (“my body”) or perhaps even גֶּשֶׁם (“body”). What is the meaning of the word נִדְנֶה?