Daniel 1:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every `kind of' literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every `kind of' vision and dreams.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַיְלָדִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם נָתַ֨ן לָהֶ֧ם הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים מַדָּ֥ע וְהַשְׂכֵּ֖ל בְּכָל־סֵ֣פֶר וְחָכְמָ֑ה וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל הֵבִ֔ין בְּכָל־חָז֖וֹן וַחֲלֹמֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

and-the-yəlādhîm the-these four-of-them nāthan to-them hāʾĕlōhîm maddāʿ and-haśkēl in-all-sēpher and-ḥokhmāh and-Dāniyyēʾl hēbhîn in-all-ḥāzôn and-ḥălōmôth

Grammar Details

• *yəlādhîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - the youths
• *nāthan*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - the God
• *maddāʿ*: noun masculine singular - knowledge/science
• *haśkēl*: hiphil infinitive absolute - understanding/insight
• *sēpher*: noun masculine singular - book/writing
• *ḥokhmāh*: noun feminine singular - wisdom
• *Dāniyyēʾl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Daniel
• *hēbhîn*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he understood
• *ḥāzôn*: noun masculine singular - vision
• *ḥălōmôth*: noun masculine plural - dreams

Word Meanings

• *yəlādhîm*: youths/young men/children
• *nāthan*: gave/granted/bestowed
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: the God/God (plural form with singular meaning in Hebrew)
• *maddāʿ*: knowledge/science/learning
• *haśkēl*: understanding/insight/skill
• *sēpher*: book/writing/literature
• *ḥokhmāh*: wisdom/skill
• *hēbhîn*: understood/comprehended/had insight
• *ḥāzôn*: vision/revelation
• *ḥălōmôth*: dreams/dream visions

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 lo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee;
• Jas 1:5 : 5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
• Job 32:8 : 8 Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.
• Dan 2:23 : 23 Thee, O God of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might Thou hast given to me; and now, Thou hast caused me to know that which we have sought from Thee, for the king's matter Thou hast caused us to know.'
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.
• Col 1:9 : 9 Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
• Acts 7:22 : 22 and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.
• Dan 10:1 : 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing `is' true, and the warfare `is' great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.
• Prov 2:6 : 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God `is' in his heart, to do judgment.
• 1 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that `is' on the edge of the sea; 30 and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt; 31 and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.
• 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'
• 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who `are' before thee, and after thee it is not so.'
• 2 Chr 26:5 : 5 and he is as one seeking God in the days of Zechariah who hath understanding in visions of God: and in the days of his seeking Jehovah, God hath caused him to prosper.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age. 99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation. 100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
• Gen 41:8-9 : 8 And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh. 9 And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day: 10 Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers; 11 and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed. 12 And there `is' with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, `to' each according to his dream hath he interpreted, 13 and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.' 14 And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,'
• Num 12:6 : 6 And He saith, `Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isa 28:26 : 26 And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.
• Ezek 28:3 : 3 Lo, thou `art' wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.
• Dan 2:19 : 19 Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.
• Dan 4:9-9 : 9 `O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods `is' in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell. 10 As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height `is' great:
• Dan 5:11-12 : 11 there is a man in thy kingdom in whom `is' the spirit of the holy gods: and, in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom -- as the wisdom of the gods -- was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him -- thy father, O king -- 12 because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.'
• Dan 5:14 : 14 And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods `is' in thee, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.
• Dan 7:1 : 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.
• Dan 8:1 : 1 `In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me -- I Daniel -- after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.
• Acts 6:10 : 10 and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
• Acts 7:10 : 10 and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.
• 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit; 8 for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; 9 and to another faith in the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings in the same Spirit; 10 and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another `divers' kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues: 11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;