Daniel 1:16 Go deeper

Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand he was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 1

הַמֶּלְצַ֗רha.mel.Tzarthe guardian

Lemma: מֶלְצָר (mel.tsar) · Strong's: H4453

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: `steward`

Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4453; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 2

נֹשֵׂא֙no.Se'taking away

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to lift: raise

Used 131 times. Also: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375G; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 3

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 4

פַּתְבָּגָ֔םpat.ba.Gamdelicaci[es] their

Lemma: פַּת־בָּג (pat.bag) · Strong's: H6598

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: choice

Used 8 times. Also: Daniel 1:5, Daniel 1:8, Daniel 1:13, Daniel 1:15, Daniel 11:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6598; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 5

וְיֵ֖יןve.Yeinand [the] wine of

Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: wine

Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 6

מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑םmish.tei.Hemdrink their

Lemma: מִשְׁתֶּה (mish.teh) · Strong's: H4960

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: feast

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 19:3, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 26:30, Genesis 29:22, Genesis 40:20, Judges 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4960; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 7

וְנֹתֵ֥ןve.no.Tenand giving

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 8

זֵרְעֹנִֽים\׃ze.re.'o.Nimvegetables

Lemma: זֵֽרְעֹן (zar.on) · Strong's: H2235B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: vegetable

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2235B; TAHOT Daniel 1:16 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
the steward	→	מֶלְצָר H4453 `steward`
continued to withhold	→	נָשָׂא H5375G to lift: raise
their choice food	→	פַּת־בָּג H6598 choice
and the wine	→	יַ֫יִן H3196 wine
they were to drink	→	מִשְׁתֶּה H4960 feast
and he gave	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
them	→
vegetables [instead]	→	זֵֽרְעֹן H2235B vegetable

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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