Daniel 10:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֶ֣חֶם חֲמֻד֞וֹת לֹ֣א אָכַ֗לְתִּי וּבָשָׂ֥ר וָיַ֛יִן לֹא־בָ֥א אֶל־פִּ֖י וְס֣וֹךְ לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי עַד־מְלֹ֕את שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Leḥem ḥămudôt lōʾ ʾākaltî and-bāśār and-yayin lōʾ-bāʾ to-pî and-sôk lōʾ-sāktî until-mĕlōʾt shĕlōshet shābuʿîm yāmîm.

Grammar Details

*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular construct - bread of
*ḥămudôt*: noun, feminine plural - desirable things
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾākaltî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I ate
*bāśār*: noun, masculine singular - flesh/meat
*yayin*: noun, masculine singular - wine
*bāʾ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - entered
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth
*sôk*: infinitive absolute, Qal - anoint
*sāktî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I anointed
*mĕlōʾt*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - fulfilling/completing
*shĕlōshet*: cardinal number, feminine construct - three of
*shābuʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - weeks
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days

Word Meanings

*leḥem ḥămudôt*: bread of delicacies/pleasant food/desirable bread
*bāʾ el-pî*: entered into my mouth/I consumed
*sôk lōʾ-sāktî*: I did not anoint myself at all (emphatic construction)

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Referenced Verses

Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Matt 6:17 : 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
2 Sam 19:24 : 24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
Job 33:20 : 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Isa 24:6-9 : 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Dan 11:8 : 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Nah 2:9 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

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