The Semitic name Daniel is Jewish beyond doubt and is written in Hebrew as follows דָּנִיֵּאל. The book of Daniel was written in both Aramic and Hebrew and is found in the third part of the Jewish Bible, Ketuvim כְּתוּבִים or Writings in English .
This Semitic name, which means the judgement of the God El or probably El is the judge, was mentioned long time before the Torah was written. Daniel is the main character in the the Ugaritic Epic of Aqhat, written around the middle of 14th B.C.E, which is based on former oral literature. Daniel was attested in Ugaritic as follows: 𐎄𐎐𐎛𐎍.
𐎄𐎐 , dan, is the Ugaritic word standing for judge or judgement (or law) and 𐎛𐎍, El, is the name of the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion.
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