And to theseוְ הָאֵלֶּהfourאַרְבַּעְתָּםyouths,הַיְלָדִיםElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםgaveנָתַןthemלָהֶםlearningמַדָּעand insightוְהַשְׂכֵּלin allבְּכָלwritingסֵפֶרand wisdom;וְחָכְמָהand Danielוְדָנִיֵּאלunderstoodהֵבִיןallבְּכָלvisionsחָזוֹןand dreams.וַחֲלֹמוֹת
Daniel 1:17
Study it in the app“And to these four youths, Elohim gave them learning and insight in all writing and wisdom; and Daniel understood all visions and dreams.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:17, word by word
- fourאַרְבַּעְתָּarbata
four
Four.
Where else “arbata” appears- youthsיְלָדִיםyeladim
youth
Young males, no longer children but not yet full-grown men.
Where else “yeladim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- learningמַדָּעmada
knowledge
Knowledge, understanding: knowing things and knowing how to think. A word of the same family as "know," found in the late books (Chronicles, Daniel, Ecclesiastes).
Where else “mada” appears- and insightהַשְׂכֵּלhaskel
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskel” appears- writingסֵפֶרsefer
writing
Knowing how to read; learning.
Where else “sefer” appears- and wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- and Danielדָנִיֵּאלdaniyel
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- understoodהֵבִיןhevin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “hevin” appears- visionsחָזוֹןchazon
vision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appears- and dreamsחֲלֹמוֹתchalomot
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomot” appears
The context
16So the steward kept taking away their delicacies and the wine they were to drink, and giving them vegetables.
17 · This verse (above)
18And at the end of the days that the king had said to bring them in, the chief of the officials brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.