Daniel 1:15
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
מַרְאֶה
appearance/ their
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מַרְאֶה
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
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רָאָה
it appeared
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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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בָּשָׂר
flesh
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בָּשָׂר
Flesh, body, skin. Basar. The physical human body. God became flesh in Jesus. He took on our basar to redeem it from the inside.
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יוֹם
days
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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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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עֶשֶׂר
ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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פַּתְבַּג
the delicacies of
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פַּתְבַּג
a dainty
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