Daniel 1
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Daniel 1:3-4

3Then the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428toldוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Ashpenazלְאַשְׁפְּנַ֖זle.'ash.pe.NazH828,the chiefרַ֣בravH7227of hisofficialsסָרִיסָ֑יוsa.ri.SavH5631,to bringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935inH935someH4480of the sonsמִבְּנֵ֧יmi.be.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478,including someH4480of theroyalהַמְּלוּכָ֖הha.me.lu.KhahH4410familyוּמִזֶּ֥רַעu.mi.Ze.ra'H2233and of the noblesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים׃Ha.par.te.MimH6579,
4youthsיְלָדִ֣יםye.la.DimH3206in whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834there wasnoאֵֽין־ כָּל־'ein- kol-H369H3605impairmentמוּם֩me.'umH3971,who were good-lookingוְטוֹבֵ֨י מַרְאֶ֜הve.to.Vei mar.'EhH2896H4758,suitableH7919forH7919instructionH7919in everyבְּכָל־be.kholH3605kind ofexpertiseחָכְמָ֗הchokh.mahH2451,endowedוְיֹ֤דְעֵיve.Yo.de.'eiH3045with understandingוּמְבִינֵ֣יu.me.vi.NeiH995and discerningH995knowledgeמַדָּ֔עma.Da'H4093,and whoוַאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.SherH834had abilityH3851toserveלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975in the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428courtבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964; and he ordered Ashpenazto teachוּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥םu.la.la.me.DamH3925them theliteratureסֵ֖פֶרSe.ferH5612andlanguageוּלְשׁ֥וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.
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