Revised Literal Translation

Daniel 1:13-15

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.

15And at the endוּמִקְצָת֙u.mik.TzatH7117of tenעֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.RahH6235daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117their countenancesמַרְאֵיהֶם֙mar.'ei.HemH4758appearedנִרְאָ֤הnir.'AhH7200fairerט֔וֹבTovH2896and fatterוּבְרִיאֵ֖יu.ve.ri.'EiH1277in fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320than all the childrenהַיְלָדִ֔יםhay.la.DimH3206which did eatהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398the portionH6598of the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428meatH6598.

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