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And Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםgaveיִּתֵּןDanielאֶת דָּנִיֵּאלloyal loveלְחֶסֶדand compassionוּלְרַחֲמִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe chiefשַׂרof the officials.הַסָּרִיסִים
Daniel 1:9
Study it in the app“And Elohim gave Daniel loyal love and compassion before the chief of the officials.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 1:9, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- Danielדָּנִיֵּאלdaniyel
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- loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
faithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chesed” appears- and compassionרַחֲמִיםrachamim
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachamim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the chiefשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of the officialsסָּרִיסִיםsarisim
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appears
The context
8But Daniel set it in his heart that he would not defile himself with the delicacies of the king or with the wine he drank; and he asked the chief of the officials that he might not defile himself.
9 · This verse (above)
10And the chief of the officials said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces more downcast than the youths who are your age? Then you would make my head guilty to the king.”