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Daniel 1:17-20

17As for these fourאַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם'ar.ba'.TamH702childrenוְהַיְלָדִ֤יםve.hay.la.DimH3206,Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430gaveנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414them knowledgeמַדָּ֥עma.Da'H4093and skillוְהַשְׂכֵּ֖לve.has.KelH7919in all learningסֵ֣פֶרSe.ferH5612and wisdomוְחָכְמָ֑הve.cha.khe.MahH2451:and Danielוְדָנִיֵּ֣אלve.da.ni.YelH1840had understandingהֵבִ֔יןhe.VinH995in all visionsחָז֖וֹןcha.ZonH2377and dreamsוַחֲלֹמֽוֹת׃va.cha.lo.MotH2472.

18Now at the endוּלְמִקְצָת֙u.le.mik.TzatH7117of the daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117that the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428had saidאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559he should bringלַהֲבִיאָ֑םla.ha.vi.'AmH935them in, then the princeשַׂ֣רsarH8269of the eunuchsהַסָּרִיסִ֔יםha.sa.ri.SimH5631broughtוַיְבִיאֵם֙vay.vi.'EmH935them in beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּֽר׃ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019.

19And the kingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428communedוַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.BerH1696with them; and among them all was foundנִמְצָא֙nim.Tza'H4672none like Danielכְּדָנִיֵּ֣אלke.da.ni.YelH1840,Hananiahחֲנַנְיָ֔הcha.nan.YahH2608,Mishaelמִֽישָׁאֵ֖לmi.sha.'ElH4332,and Azariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֑הva.'a.zar.YahH5838:therefore stoodוַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּvai.ya.'am.DuH5975they beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

20And in all mattersדְּבַר֙de.VarH1697of wisdomחָכְמַ֣תcha.khe.MatH2451andunderstandingבִּינָ֔הbi.NahH998,that the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enquiredבִּקֵּ֥שׁbi.KeshH1245of them, he foundוַֽיִּמְצָאֵ֞םvai.yim.tza.'EmH4672them ten timesעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235betterיָד֗וֹתya.DotH3027than all the magiciansהַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙ha.char.tu.MimH2748andastrologersהָֽאַשָּׁפִ֔יםha.'a.sha.FimH825that werein all his realmמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃mal.khu.ToH4438.

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