Daniel 1:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried 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 the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
• Zech 5:11 : 11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
• Gen 11:2 : 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
• Judg 16:23-24 : 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for 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 hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
• 1 Sam 5:2 : 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they 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 shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, 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 the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
• Jer 27:19-20 : 19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain 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 punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Dan 2:37-38 : 37 Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] this 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, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 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 princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
• Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous.
• 1 Sam 31:9-9 : 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
• Ezra 1:7 : 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
• Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; 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 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which [also] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD 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 the LORD had shut them up?
• Judg 2:14 : 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled 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 the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
• Judg 4:2 : 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.