Revised Version 1895

Daniel 1:3-5

3And thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428spake untoAshpenazלְאַשְׁפְּנַ֖זle.'ash.pe.NazH828themasterוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559of hiseunuchsסָרִיסָ֑יוsa.ri.SavH5631, that he shouldbringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935in certain of thechildrenמִבְּנֵ֧יmi.be.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478, even of theseedוּמִזֶּ֥רַעu.mi.Ze.ra'H2233royalH4428and of thenoblesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים׃Ha.par.te.MimH6579;

4youthsיְלָדִ֣יםye.la.DimH3206inwhomאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834wasnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369blemishמוּם֩me.'umH3971, butwellוְטוֹבֵ֨יve.to.VeiH2896favoured, and skilful inallH3605wisdomחָכְמָ֗הchokh.mahH2451, and cunning inknowledgeדַ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847, andunderstandingוּמְבִינֵ֣יu.me.vi.NeiH995science, andsuchוַאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.SherH834as hadabilityכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581tostandלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975in theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428palaceבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964; and that he shouldteachוּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥םu.la.la.me.DamH3925them the learning and thetongueוּלְשׁ֥וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.

5And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428appointedH5975for them adailyH3117portionדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428meat, and of thewineוּמִיֵּ֣יןu.mi.YeinH3196whichH4960hedrankמִשְׁתָּ֔יוmish.TavH4960, and that they should be nourishedthreeשָׁל֑וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֣יםsha.NimH8141; that at theendוּמִ֨קְצָתָ֔םu.Mik.tza.TamH7117thereof they mightstandיַֽעַמְד֖וּya.'am.DuH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

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