Historical personal name
Danyel
Related to the attested name Daniel; the literal etymology and exact Danyel romanization are not verified here.
- Language layer
- Personal name used in Syriac literary tradition; catalogue form requires separate evidence
- Written spelling
- Not independently checked
- Personal-name evidence
- Daniel of Ṣalaḥ, a biblical commentator active in the mid-sixth century.
- Pronunciation & audio
- See the recording collection below; only approved, permissioned audio is shown.
- Popularity / modern gender
- Not established by these sources.
- Source check
- · reference review, not specialist speaker certification
Meaning, use and context
David Taylor documents Daniel of Ṣalaḥ as a Syriac biblical commentator. A date within his Psalm commentary places that writing in 542, preventing confusion with a different Daniel associated with Jacob of Edessa centuries later. The evidence establishes a named historical author rather than only a biblical-name association.
Both the location implied by Ṣalaḥ and aspects of Daniel's ecclesiastical status require caution. The source discusses competing geographical identifications and notes that his episcopacy is not firmly documented outside the commentary manuscripts. The catalogue should not make those disputed details appear settled.
Danyel remains a catalogue romanization related to the Daniel printed in the checked source. The inherited 'God is my judge' meaning needs separate Hebrew or Syriac linguistic evidence. A historical literary bearer alone does not validate every modern spelling, frequency claim, family preference or spoken pronunciation.
Evidence for this entry
- David G. K. Taylor — Daniel of Ṣalaḥ, GEDSH ↗
Historical author, internal date, distinction from later Daniel and biographical/geographical uncertainties; not exact catalogue spelling or etymology.
Checked fields do not imply that every possible spelling, pronunciation or usage claim has been verified.
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