Daniel 1:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּן֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י בְּיָד֜וֹ אֶת־יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמִקְצָת֙ כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם אֶֽרֶץ־שִׁנְעָ֖ר בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֑יו וְאֶת־הַכֵּלִ֣ים הֵבִ֔יא בֵּ֖ית אוֹצַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wayyitten ʾĂdhōnāy in-yādhô ʾeth-Yəhôyāqîm melekh-Yəhûdāh ûmiqqətsāth kəlê bêth-hāʾĕlōhîm wayəbhîʾēm ʾerets-Shinʿār bêth ʾĕlōhāyw wəʾeth-hakkēlîm hēbhîʾ bêth ʾôtsar ʾĕlōhāyw

Grammar Details

• *wayyitten*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave
• *ʾĂdhōnāy*: divine title/epithet - Lord
• *yādhô*: noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *ʾeth*: direct object marker
• *Yəhôyāqîm*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *melekh*: construct masculine singular - king of
• *Yəhûdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
• *ûmiqqətsāth*: conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and from part of
• *kəlê*: noun masculine plural construct - vessels of
• *bêth*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the God
• *wayəbhîʾēm*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he brought them
• *ʾerets*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
• *Shinʿār*: proper noun - Shinar
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: noun masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gods
• *wəʾeth*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *hakkēlîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the vessels
• *hēbhîʾ*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he brought
• *ʾôtsar*: noun masculine singular construct - treasury of

Word Meanings

• *wayyitten*: gave/delivered/handed over
• *ʾĂdhōnāy*: Lord/master/sovereign
• *ûmiqqətsāth*: and some of/and part of/and from the end of
• *kəlê*: vessels/utensils/articles
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: the God/the gods (plural form with singular meaning in Hebrew)
• *wayəbhîʾēm*: and he brought them/and he carried them
• *Shinʿār*: Shinar/Babylonia
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: his gods/his God
• *ʾôtsar*: treasury/storehouse

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:7 : 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
• Zech 5:11 : 11 And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
• Gen 11:2 : 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
• Judg 16:23-24 : 23 And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.
• 1 Sam 5:2 : 2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.
• Jer 27:19-20 : 19 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
• Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Dan 2:37-38 : 37 Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory; 38 and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all: thou art the head of gold.
• Gen 10:10 : 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Dan 5:2-3 : 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.
• Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.
• 1 Sam 31:9-9 : 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
• Ezra 1:7 : 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
• Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Deut 28:49-52 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish. 52 And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
• Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
• Judg 2:14 : 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
• Judg 3:8 : 8 Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
• Judg 4:2 : 2 And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.