Who is "Echad Kadosh"?
Rashi: One of the angels. Malbim ? Daniel saw a vision of the ram, goat, small horn that emerged and "va'Tapel Artzah Min ha'Tzava." However, v'Ad Sar ha'Tzava Higdil u'Mimenu Huram ha'Tamid" he did not see. An angel told him this Nevu'ah.
What is "Palmoni"?
Rashi: This word is like two ? Ploni Almoni. Targum Yonason of "Ploni Almoni" (Shmuel I, 21:3) is Kasi v'Tamir (covered and hidden). Ploni is like "Ki Yipalei Mimecha Davar." Almoni is like Almon (a widower), without a name. The angel that spoke and decreed, his name was not given.
Ibn Ezra: It is from Pel'i and Almoni, from the root Ilem. Initially, Daniel did not know his name. He spoke like one who says a riddle.
Malbim (16): Bereishis Rabah (27:1) says that it was Hashem ? "va'Eshma Echad Kadosh", I heard Him decree on Yisrael. Nevi'im are great ? they compare the creation to its Creator 1 ? "va'Eshma Kol Adam." Tanchuma says that he heard Micha'el. They hold that he is greater than Gavriel, like it says in Berachos (4b) that Gavri'el needs two jumps to reach his destination, but one jump suffices for Micha'el - "va'Ya'af Elai Echad Min ha'Serafim." This refers to Micha'el, for it says "Micha'el Achad ha'Sarim." Afterwards he heard "Kol Adam", i.e. Palmoni, influencing on Gavriel.
Etz Yosef (on the Midrash): They are authorized to compare Hashem to a creation for man's need. Nezer ha'Kodesh ? they are able to understand how man's limbs developed from supreme spiritual lights that emanated from Hashem.
What was the question "Ad Masai he'Chazon"?
Rashi: [Another angel asked the angel who said these decrees] until when will the Tamid be removed?
What is "ha'Pesha Shomem"?
Rashi: It is idolatry. Idolatry will be placed in Yerushalayim in place of the Tamid. So it is called several places in this Sefer ? "Ad Masai he'Chazon ha'Tamid veha'Pesha Shomem", "me'Es Husar ha'Tamid v'Lases Shikutz Shomem." It is called Shomem, for it is silent like a rock. This is an expression of muteness, like "Eshtomem k'Sha'ah Chadah."
Malbim: "Ha'Pesha Shomem Tes" ? [until when will] sin cause [the Tamid] to be desolate "v'Kodesh v'Tzava Mirmas" ? and the Beis ha'Mikdash to be trampled via the enemy.
What is the meaning of "Tes v'Kodesh v'Tzava Mirmas"?
Rashi: To make the foundation of the Mikdash and Tzva ha'Shamayim, that he cast to the ground, to be trampled via his legs. It says above (10) "va'Tapel Artzah Min ha'Tzava u'Min ha'Kochavim." The Vov in v'Kodesh is extra. There are many like this in Tanach ? "Nirdam v'Rechev va'Sus." Also people speak like this.
Refer to 8:13:4:2.
