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Daniel 1:3-5

3And the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428spakeוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Ashpenazלְאַשְׁפְּנַ֖זle.'ash.pe.NazH828the masterרַ֣בravH7227of his eunuchsסָרִיסָ֑יוsa.ri.SavH5631,that he should bringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935certainof the childrenמִבְּנֵ֧יmi.be.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and of the king’sהַמְּלוּכָ֖הha.me.lu.KhahH4410seedוּמִזֶּ֥רַעu.mi.Ze.ra'H2233,and of the princesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים׃Ha.par.te.MimH6579;

4Childrenיְלָדִ֣יםye.la.DimH3206in whom wasno blemishמוּם֩me.'umH3971,but wellוְטוֹבֵ֨יve.to.VeiH2896favouredמַרְאֶ֜הmar.'EhH4758,and skilfulוּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣יםu.mas.ki.LimH7919in all wisdomחָכְמָ֗הchokh.mahH2451,and cunningוְיֹ֤דְעֵיve.Yo.de.'eiH3045in knowledgeדַ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847,and understandingוּמְבִינֵ֣יu.me.vi.NeiH995scienceמַדָּ֔עma.Da'H4093, and such as hadabilityכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581in them to standלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975in the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428palaceבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964,and whom they might teachוּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥םu.la.la.me.DamH3925the learningסֵ֖פֶרSe.ferH5612and the tongueוּלְשׁ֥וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.

5And the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428appointedוַיְמַן֩vay.ManH4487them a dailyH3117provisionדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428meatH6598,and of the wineוּמִיֵּ֣יןu.mi.YeinH3196which he drankמִשְׁתָּ֔יוmish.TavH4960:so nourishingוּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖םu.le.ga.de.LamH1431them threeשָׁל֑וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֣יםsha.NimH8141,that at the endוּמִ֨קְצָתָ֔םu.Mik.tza.TamH7117thereof they might standיַֽעַמְד֖וּya.'am.DuH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

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