Daniel 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-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 And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.
• Zech 5:11 : 11 And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.
• Gen 11:2 : 2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
• Judg 16:23-24 : 23 And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater. 24 And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death.
• 1 Sam 5:2 : 2 They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
• Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.
• Jer 27:19-20 : 19 For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
• Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer will the nations be flowing together to him: truly, the wall of Babylon will come down.
• Dan 2:37-38 : 37 You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory, 38 Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.
• Gen 10:10 : 10 And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Dan 5:2-3 : 2 Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them. 3 Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.
• Dan 5:18 : 18 As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
• Hab 1:16 : 16 For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
• 1 Sam 31:9-9 : 9 And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people. 10 His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
• Ezra 1:7 : 7 And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;
• Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters. 42 By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.
• Deut 28:49-52 : 49 The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you; 50 A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young: 51 He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete. 52 Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.
• Deut 32:30 : 30 How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
• Judg 2:14 : 14 And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.
• Judg 3:8 : 8 So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.
• Judg 4:2 : 2 And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was ruling in Hazor; the captain of his army was Sisera, who was living in Harosheth of the Gentiles.