Daniel 1:15

American Standard Version (1901)

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִקְצָת֙ יָמִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה נִרְאָ֤ה מַרְאֵיהֶם֙ ט֔וֹב וּבְרִיאֵ֖י בָּשָׂ֑ר מִן־כָּל־הַיְלָדִ֔ים הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים אֵ֖ת פַּתְבַּ֥ג הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

and-at-qətsāth yāmîm ten nirʾāh marʾêhem ṭôbh and-bərîʾê bāśār from-all-the-yəlādhîm the-ʾōkhlîm ʾēth pathbagh the-melekh

Grammar Details

• *qətsāth*: noun feminine singular construct - end of
• *yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
• *nirʾāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was seen/appeared
• *marʾêhem*: noun masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their appearance
• *ṭôbh*: adjective masculine singular - good
• *bərîʾê*: adjective masculine plural construct - fat/healthy of
• *bāśār*: noun masculine singular - flesh
• *yəlādhîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - the youths
• *ʾōkhlîm*: qal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones eating
• *ʾēth*: direct object marker
• *pathbagh*: noun masculine singular construct - food portion of
• *melekh*: noun masculine singular with definite article - the king

Word Meanings

• *qətsāth*: end/completion/after
• *nirʾāh*: appeared/was seen
• *marʾêhem*: their appearance/their countenance
• *bərîʾê bāśār*: healthy of flesh/plump/well-nourished
• *ʾōkhlîm*: ones eating/consumers
• *pathbagh*: food portion/delicacies/royal food

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:25 : 25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
• Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
• Hag 1:9 : 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
• Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Mark 6:41-42 : 41 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. 42 And they all ate, and were filled.
• Deut 28:1-9 : 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: 2 and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. 8 Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 9 Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them] , 14 and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
• 2 Kgs 4:42-44 : 42 And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.