Revised Literal Translation

Daniel 1:12-14

12Proveנַס־nas-H5254thy servantsעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,I beseech thee, tenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117;and let them giveוְיִתְּנוּ־ve.yi.te.nu-H5414us pulseהַזֵּרֹעִ֛יםha.ze.ro.'ImH2235to eatוְנֹאכְלָ֖הve.no.khe.LahH398,and waterוּמַ֥יִםu.Ma.yimH4325to drinkוְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ve.nish.TehH8354.

13Then let our countenancesמַרְאֵ֔ינוּmar.'Ei.nuH4758be looked uponוְיֵרָא֤וּve.ye.ra.'UH7200beforeלְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙le.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee, and the countenanceוּמַרְאֵה֙u.mar.'EhH4758of the childrenהַיְלָדִ֔יםhay.la.DimH3206that eatהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398of the portionH6598of the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428meatH6598:and as thou seestתִּרְאֵ֔הtir.'EhH7200,dealעֲשֵׂ֖ה'a.SehH6213with thy servantsעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃'a.va.Dei.khaH5650.

14So he consentedוַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'H8085to them in this matterלַדָּבָ֣רla.da.VarH1697,and provedוַיְנַסֵּ֖םvay.na.SemH5254them tenעֲשָׂרָֽה׃'a.sa.RahH6235daysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117.

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