And the kingהַמֶּלֶךְassigned themוַיְמַן לָהֶםa dailyיוֹםportionדְּבַרeach dayבְּיוֹמוֹfrom the delicaciesמִפַּת בַּגof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand from the wineוּמִיֵּיןhe drank,מִשְׁתָּיוand ordered that they be brought upוּלְגַדְּלָםthreeשָׁלוֹשׁyears,שָׁנִיםand at the end of themוּמִקְצָתָםthey would standיַעַמְדוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
Daniel 1:5
Study it in the app“And the king assigned them a daily portion each day from the delicacies of the king and from the wine he drank, and ordered that they be brought up three years, and at the end of them they would stand before the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:5, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- assigned themיְמַןyeman
assign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “yeman” appears- a dailyיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- portionדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- from the delicaciesפַּתpat
delicacies
Delicacies: the fine food of the king's table (a word of Persian origin).
Where else “pat” appears- and from the wineיֵּיןyen
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yen” appears- he drankמִשְׁתָּיmishtay
drink
The wine or drink that is assigned to someone.
Where else “mishtay” appears- and ordered that they be brought upגַדְּלָgadla
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “gadla” appears- threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- and at the end of themקְצָתָketsata
end
The far point, the tip; "after a time".
Where else “ketsata” appears- they would standיַעַמְדוּyaamdu
stand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And there were among them, from the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.