Daniel 11:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yea, they that feede of the portion of his meate, shall destroy him: & his armie shall ouerflowe: and many shall fall, and be slaine.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֹכְלֵ֧י פַת־בָּג֛וֹ יִשְׁבְּר֖וּהוּ וְחֵיל֣וֹ יִשְׁט֑וֹף וְנָפְל֖וּ חֲלָלִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾōkəlê pat-bāgô yišbərûhû wə-ḥêlô yišṭôp wə-nāpəlû ḥălālîm rabbîm

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾōkəlê*: conjunction + participle qal, masculine plural construct - and ones eating of
• *pat-bāgô*: noun, feminine singular construct + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - portion of his food
• *yišbərûhû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will break him
• *wə-ḥêlô*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his army
• *yišṭôp*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will overflow/be swept away
• *wə-nāpəlû*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will fall
• *ḥălālîm*: noun, masculine plural - slain/wounded
• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many

Word Meanings

• *ʾōkəlê*: ones eating/partakers/consumers
• *pat-bāg*: portion of delicacies/royal food/choice food
• *yišbərûhû*: break him/shatter him/crush him/destroy him
• *ḥêl*: army/force/strength/might
• *yišṭôp*: overflow/be swept away/flood/wash away
• *nāpəlû*: fall/be overthrown/be cast down
• *ḥălālîm*: slain/wounded/pierced/fallen
• *rabbîm*: many/great/abundant/numerous

Referenced Verses

• Dan 11:10 : 10 Wherefore his sonnes shall be stirred vp, and shall assemble a mightie great armie: and one shall come, and ouerflowe, & passe through: then shall he returne, and be stirred vp at his fortresse.
• Dan 11:22 : 22 And the armes shall be ouerthrowen with a flood before him, and shall be broken: and also the prince of the couenant.
• Dan 11:40 : 40 And at ye end of time shall the King of the South push at him, & the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlewind with charets, & with horsemen, and with many ships, & he shall enter into ye countreis, & shal ouerflow & passe through.
• Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome. 6 For the sonne reuileth the father: ye daughter riseth vp against her mother: the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe, and a mans enemies are the men of his owne house.
• Matt 26:23 : 23 And hee answered and sayde, Hee that dippeth his hande with me in the dish, hee shall betraie me.
• Mark 14:20 : 20 And he answered and sayde vnto them, It is one of the twelue that dippeth with mee in the platter.
• John 13:18 : 18 I speake not of you all: I know whom I haue chosen: but it is that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift vp his heele against me.
• 2 Sam 4:2-9 : 2 And Sauls sonne had two men that were captaines of bandes: the one called Baanah, and the other called Rechab, the sonnes of Rimmon a Beerothite of the children of Beniamin. (for Beeroth was reckened to Beniamin, 3 Because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and soiourned there, vnto this day). 4 And Ionathan Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete: he was fiue yere olde when the tydings came of Saul and Ionathan out of Israel: then his nourse tooke him, and fledde away; as she made haste to flee, the childe fell, and beganne to halte, and his name was Mephibosheth. 5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth (who slept on a bed at noone) 6 And beholde, Rechab and Baanah his brother came into the middes of the house as they would haue wheate, and they smote him vnder the fift ryb, and fled. 7 For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, & they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth vnto Dauid to Hebron, and saide to the King, Beholde the head of Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne thine enemie, who sought after thy life: and the Lorde hath auenged my lorde the King this day of Saul, and of his seede. 9 Then Dauid answered Rechab & Baanah his brother, the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saide vnto them, As the Lorde liueth, who hath deliuered my soule out of al aduersity, 10 When one tolde me, and sayde that Saul was dead, (thinking to haue brought good tydings) I tooke him and slewe him in Ziklag, who thought that I woulde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings: 11 How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shal I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth? 12 Then Dauid commanded his yong men, & they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ish-bosheth, & buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
• 2 Kgs 8:14 : 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What saide Elisha to thee? And he answered, Hee tolde mee that thou shouldest recouer.
• 2 Kgs 10:6-9 : 6 Then he wrote another letter to them, saying, If ye be mine, & wil obey my voyce, take the heads of ye men that are your masters sonnes, & come to me to Izreel by to morowe this time. (Nowe the Kings sonnes, euen seuentie persons were with the great men of the citie, which brought them vp) 7 And when the letter came to them, they tooke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuentie persons, and layde their heads in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreel. 8 Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the Kings sonnes; he sayd, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning. 9 And when it was day, he went out, & stood and sayd to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, & slew him: but who slew all these?
• Ps 41:9 : 9 Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.