Daniel 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְמַן֩ לָהֶ֨ם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֗וֹ מִפַּת־בַּ֤ג הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וּמִיֵּ֣ין מִשְׁתָּ֔יו וּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖ם שָׁנִ֣ים שָׁל֑וֹשׁ וּמִ֨קְצָתָ֔ם יַֽעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

wayəman to-them the-melekh dəbhar-yôm in-yômô from-path-bagh the-melekh and-from-yêyn mishtāyw and-to-ghaddəlām shānîm three and-from-qətsāthām yaʿamdhû before the-melekh

Grammar Details

• *wayəman*: piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he appointed
• *melekh*: noun masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *dəbhar*: construct masculine singular - matter/portion of
• *yôm*: noun masculine singular - day
• *yômô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its day
• *path*: construct feminine singular - portion of
• *bagh*: noun masculine singular construct - food of
• *yêyn*: noun masculine singular - wine
• *mishtāyw*: noun masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his drinks
• *ghaddəlām*: piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to raise them
• *shānîm*: noun feminine plural - years
• *qətsāthām*: noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their end/term
• *yaʿamdhû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will stand

Word Meanings

• *wayəman*: and he appointed/and he assigned/and he allotted
• *dəbhar-yôm bəyômô*: daily portion/daily matter/day by day
• *path-bagh*: portion of food/delicacies/royal food
• *mishtāyw*: his drinks/his beverages
• *ghaddəlām*: to raise them/to nourish them/to train them
• *qətsāthām*: their end/after their completion/their term

Referenced Verses

• Dan 1:19 : 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
• 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
• Gen 41:46 : 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
• 1 Sam 16:22 : 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
• Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
• 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
• 2 Kgs 25:30 : 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
• 2 Chr 9:7 : 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
• Jer 15:19 : 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
• Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
• Luke 1:19 : 19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
• Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.