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Then the
king ordered Ashpenaz, the
chief of his
officials, to
bring in
some of the
sons of
Israel, including
some of the
royal family and of the
nobles,
ayib'h.l wy'syir's b;r z;n.P.v;a.l .$,l,M;h r,ma{Y;w ? ~yim.T.r;P;h -nim.W h'k.Wl.M;h [;r,Zim.W lea'r.fIy yen.Bim
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youths in
whom was
no * defect, who were
good-looking *,
showing intelligence in
every branch of
wisdom,
endowed with
understanding and
discerning knowledge, and
who had
ability for
serving in the
king's court; and he ordered him to
teach them the
literature and
language of the
Chaldeans.
yebw{j.w ~.Wa.m -l'K ~,h'B -nyea r,v]a ~yid'l.y ? t;[;d ye[.d{y.w h'm.k'x -l'k.B ~yilyiK.f;m.W h,a.r;m ? l;kyeh.B d{m][;l ~,h'B ;x{K r,v]a;w ['D;m yenyib.m.W ? ~yiD.f;K !w{v.l.W r,pes ~'d.M;l]l.W .$,l,M;h
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The
king appointed for them a
daily ration from the
king's choice food and from the
wine which he
drank, and appointed that they should be
educated three years, at the
end of which they were to
enter the
king's personal service *.
g;B -t;Pim w{mw{y.B ~w{y -r;b.D .$,l,M;h ~,h'l !;m.y;w ? vw{l'v ~yin'v ~'l.D;g.l.W wy'T.vim !yeYim.W .$,l,M;h ? .$,l,M;h yen.pil .Wd.m;[;y ~'t'c.qim.W
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Now among them from the
sons of
Judah were
Daniel,
Hananiah,
Mishael and
Azariah.
h'y.n;n]x laeYin'D h'd.Wh.y yen.Bim ~,h'b yih.y;w ? h'y.r;z][;w lea'vyim
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Then the
commander of the
officials assigned new
names to them; and to
Daniel he
assigned the name
Belteshazzar, to
Hananiah Shadrach, to
Mishael Meshach and to
Azariah Abed-nego.
laeYin'd.l ~,f'Y;w tw{mev ~yisyir'S;h r;f ~,h'l ~,f'Y;w ? .$;vyem lea'vyim.l.W .$;r.d;v h'y.n;n]x;l.w r;Ca;v.j.leB ? w{g.n deb][ h'y.r;z][;l.w