Daniel 1:5

“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.”

Daniel 1:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Daniel 1:5, word by word

And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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assigned themיְמַןyeman

assign

To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.

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a dailyיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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portionדְּבַרdevar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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from the delicaciesפַּתpat

delicacies

Delicacies: the fine food of the king's table (a word of Persian origin).

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and from the wineיֵּיןyen

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

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he drankמִשְׁתָּיmishtay

drink

The wine or drink that is assigned to someone.

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and ordered that they be brought upגַדְּלָgadla

grow up

To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.

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threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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yearsשָׁנִיםshanim

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

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and at the end of themקְצָתָketsata

end

The far point, the tip; "after a time".

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they would standיַעַמְדוּyaamdu

stand before

"Stand before" someone: to serve them.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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.

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