פירוש על דניאל 7:4

The first one was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle It was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle; that is the kingdom of Babylon, which was ruling at that time, and so did Jeremiah see it (4:7): “A lion has come up from its thicket,” and he says also (48:40): “like an eagle he shall soar.”

until its wings were plucked Its wings were plucked, which is an allusion to its downfall

and it was taken from the earth an expression of being removed from the earth, an allusion to the curtailment of the kingdom from the world.

and the heart of a mortal Aram. וּלְבַב אֶנָשׁ, an expression of weakness, like (Psalms 9:21): “Let the nations know that they are forever mortal men (אֶנוֹשׁ)”.