Daniel 1:10
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.”
יָרֵא
Fearing, those who fear. Yare. The desire of those who fear Him He will fulfil. The life surrendered to holy awe of God is the life God honours most fully.
רָאָה
will he see
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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מָנָה
he has assigned
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מָנָה
To count, to number, to assign. Manah. God counts what matters. He does not lose track of His creation or of His people.
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רֹאשׁ
head/ my
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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פָּנִים
faces/ your
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פָּנִים
Face, presence. Panim. The LORD make His face shine on you. God turns His face toward you. That is grace.
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מִשְׁתֶּה
drink/ your
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מִשְׁתֶּה
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
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מִן
more than
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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זָעַף
looking thin
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זָעַף
properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
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מַאֲכָל
food/ your
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מַאֲכָל
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
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שַׂר
the chief of
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שַׂר
a head person (of any rank or class)
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