And Danielוַ דָּנִיֵּאלsaidיֹּאמֶרto the stewardאֶל הַמֶּלְצַרwhomאֲשֶׁרthe chiefשַׂרof the officialsהַסָּרִיסִיםhad appointedמִנָּהover Daniel,עַל דָּנִיֵּאלHananiah,חֲנַנְיָהMishael,מִישָׁאֵלand Azariah,וַעֲזַרְיָה
Daniel 1:11
Study it in the app“And Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:11, word by word
- And Danielדָּנִיֵּאלdaniyel
Daniel
Daniel: the name of several Israelites; the best known is the prophet Daniel. Also the second son of David (1 Chronicles 3:1, called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3) and a priest of Ezra's time. The name means "God is my judge."
Where else “daniyel” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the stewardמֶּלְצַרmeltsar
steward
Steward: an official of the Babylonian court put in charge of Daniel and his companions.
Where else “meltsar” appears- the chiefשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of the officialsסָּרִיסִיםsarisim
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appears- had appointedמִנָּהmina
assign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “mina” appears- Hananiahחֲנַנְיָהchananya
Hananiah
Hananiah: name of many Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “chananya” appears- Mishaelמִישָׁאֵלmishael
Mishael
Mishael: the name of several Israelites, among them a son of Uzziel, cousin of Moses, and a companion of Daniel.
Where else “mishael” appears- and Azariahעֲזַרְיָהazarya
Azariah
Azariah: the name of many men in the Bible: priests and officials in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2, 5), a king of Judah also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15), one of Daniel's companions (Daniel 1:6), and others. The name means "YHWH has helped."
Where else “azarya” appears
The context
10And the chief of the officials said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces more downcast than the youths who are your age? Then you would make my head guilty to the king.”
11 · This verse (above)
12“Test your servants, please, for ten days, and let them give us some of the vegetables and we will eat, and water and we will drink.