Then letוְour appearanceמַרְאֵינוּbe seenיֵרָאוּbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָand the appearanceוּמַרְאֵהof the youthsהַיְלָדִיםwho eatהָאֹכְלִיםthe delicaciesאֵת פַּתְבַּגof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand asוְכַאֲשֶׁרyou see,תִּרְאֵהdealעֲשֵׂהwith your servants.”עִם עֲבָדֶיךָ
Daniel 1:13
Study it in the app“Then let our appearance be seen before you, and the appearance of the youths who eat the delicacies of the king, and as you see, deal with your servants.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:13, word by word
- our appearanceמַרְאֵיmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- be seenיֵרָאוּyerau
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yerau” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- of the youthsיְלָדִיםyeladim
youth
Young males, no longer children but not yet full-grown men.
Where else “yeladim” appears- who eatאֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears- the delicaciesפַּתְבַּגpatbag
delicacies
Delicacies: the fine food of the king's table (a word of Persian origin).
Where else “patbag” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- dealעֲשֵׂהase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appears- with your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And he listened to them in this matter and tested them ten days.