Daniel 1:10
The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- מִשְׂחַקmischaqa laughing-stock
- קָלַסqâlaçto disparage, i.e. ridicule
- רָזַןrâzanprobably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorable
- צָבַרtsâbarto aggregate
- שָׂחַקsâchaqto laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
- מִבְצָרmibtsâra fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
- עָפָרʻâphârdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ch 36:6, 2Ch 36:10, Isa 14:16, Jer 32:24, Jer 52:4–7, Jer 33:4, 2Ki 25:6–7, 2Ki 24:12