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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְtoldיֹּאמֶרAshpenaz,לְאַשְׁפְּנַזthe chiefרַבof his officials,סָרִיסָיוto bringלְהָבִיאsome of the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלboth of the royalוּ הַמְּלוּכָהoffspringמִזֶּרַעand of the nobles,וּמִן הַפַּרְתְּמִים
Daniel 1:3
Study it in the app“And the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring some of the sons of Israel, both of the royal offspring and of the nobles,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:3, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- toldיֹּאמֶרyomer
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “yomer” appears- Ashpenazאַשְׁפְּנַזashpnaz
Ashpenaz
Ashpenaz: the chief of the officials of Nebuchadnezzar.
Where else “ashpnaz” appears- the chiefרַבrav
chief
Literally "the great one": the one over a group, like the guard.
Where else “rav” appears- of his officialsסָרִיסָיsarisay
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisay” appears- to bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- some of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- both of the royalמְּלוּכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears- offspringזֶּרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- and of the noblesפַּרְתְּמִיםpartmim
noble
Noble: a leading person of the court (a word of Persian origin).
Where else “partmim” appears
The context
2And Adonai gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and some of the vessels of the house of Elohim; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.
3 · This verse (above)
4youths in whom there was no defect at all, and good in appearance, and insightful in all wisdom, and knowing knowledge, and understanding learning, and who had strength to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the writing and the language of the Chaldeans.