Daniel

Daniel 1:12

¹²“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Please	נָ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
test	נַס־	nas-	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H5254 test, try
your servants	עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
for ten	עֲשָׂרָ֑ה	‘ă·śā·rāh	Number - masculine singular	H6235 ten
days	יָמִ֣ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
Let us be given	וְיִתְּנוּ־	wə·yit·tə·nū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
only	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
vegetables	הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים	haz·zê·rō·‘îm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2235 vegetable
to eat	וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה	wə·nō·ḵə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H398 eat
and water	וּמַ֥יִם	ū·ma·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
to drink	וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃	wə·niš·teh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H8354 drink

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.