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Daniel 1:1-7

1In thethirdשָׁל֔וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֖וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofJehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֣יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063cameבָּ֣אba'H935Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֧רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, andbesiegedוַיָּ֥צַרvai.Ya.tzarH6696it.

2And theLordאֲדֹנָ֨י'a.do.NaiH136gaveוַיִּתֵּן֩vai.yi.TenH5414Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֣יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063into hishandבְּיָד֜וֹbe.ya.DoH3027, withpartוּמִקְצָת֙u.mik.TzatH7117of thevesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430: which hecarriedוַיְבִיאֵ֥םvay.vi.'EmH935into thelandאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776ofShinarשִׁנְעָ֖רshin.'ArH8152to thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of hisgodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430; and hebroughtהֵבִ֔יאhe.Vi'H935thevesselsהַכֵּלִ֣יםha.ke.LimH3627into thetreasureאוֹצַ֥ר'o.TzarH214houseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004of hisgodאֱלֹהָֽיו׃'e.lo.HavH430.

3And thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428spokeוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toAshpenazלְאַשְׁפְּנַ֖זle.'ash.pe.NazH828themasterרַ֣בravH7227of hiseunuchsסָרִיסָ֑יוsa.ri.SavH5631, that he shouldbringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935certain of thechildrenמִבְּנֵ֧יmi.be.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and of theking’sהַמְּלוּכָ֖הha.me.lu.KhahH4410seedוּמִזֶּ֥רַעu.mi.Ze.ra'H2233, and of theprincesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים׃Ha.par.te.MimH6579;

4Childrenיְלָדִ֣יםye.la.DimH3206in whom was noblemishמוּם֩me.'umH3971, but ofgoodוְטוֹבֵ֨יve.to.VeiH2896appearanceמַרְאֶ֜הmar.'EhH4758, andskilfulוּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣יםu.mas.ki.LimH7919in allwisdomחָכְמָ֗הchokh.mahH2451, andpossessingוְיֹ֤דְעֵיve.Yo.de.'eiH3045knowledgeדַ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847, andunderstandingוּמְבִינֵ֣יu.me.vi.NeiH995scienceמַדָּ֔עma.Da'H4093, and such as hadabilityכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581in them tostandלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975in theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428palaceבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964, and whom they mightteachוּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥םu.la.la.me.DamH3925thelearningסֵ֖פֶרSe.ferH5612and thelanguageוּלְשׁ֥וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.

5And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428appointedוַיְמַן֩vay.ManH4487them adailyH3117provisionדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428foodH6598, and of thewineוּמִיֵּ֣יןu.mi.YeinH3196which hedrankמִשְׁתָּ֔יוmish.TavH4960: sonourishingוּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖םu.le.ga.de.LamH1431themthreeשָׁל֑וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֣יםsha.NimH8141, that at theendוּמִ֨קְצָתָ֔םu.Mik.tza.TamH7117of which they mightstandיַֽעַמְד֖וּya.'am.DuH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

6Now among these were of thechildrenמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,Danielדָּנִיֵּ֣אלda.ni.YelH1840,Hananiahחֲנַנְיָ֔הcha.nan.YahH2608,Mishaelמִֽישָׁאֵ֖לmi.sha.'ElH4332, andAzariahוַעֲזַרְיָֽה׃va.'a.zar.YahH5838:

7To whom theprinceשַׂ֥רsarH8269of theeunuchsהַסָּרִיסִ֖יםha.sa.ri.SimH5631gaveוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760namesשֵׁמ֑וֹתshe.MotH8034: for hegaveוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760toDanielלְדָֽנִיֵּ֜אלle.da.ni.YelH1840the name ofBelteshazzarבֵּ֣לְטְשַׁאצַּ֗רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1095; and toHananiahוְלַֽחֲנַנְיָה֙ve.la.cha.nan.YahH2608, ofShadrachשַׁדְרַ֔ךְshad.RakhH7714; and toMishaelוּלְמִֽישָׁאֵ֣לu.le.mi.sha.'ElH4332, ofMeshachמֵישַׁ֔ךְmei.ShakhH4335; and toAzariahוְלַעֲזַרְיָ֖הve.la.'a.zar.YahH5838, ofAbednegoH5664.

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