Daniel 1:12

Hebrew	נַס נָ֥א אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת hebrew The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence. For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים ( עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ יָמִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֑ה וְיִתְּנוּ לָ֜נוּ מִן הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה וּמַ֥יִם וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה
ESV	“Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
NIV	“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
NLT	“Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said.
LXX	πείρασον δὴ τοὺςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article παῖδάς σου ἐφ ἡμέρας δέκα καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” δοθήτω ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὀσπρίων τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 ὥστε κάπτειν καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ὑδροποτεῖν
KJV	Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

^{Daniel 1:11 ← Daniel 1:12 → Daniel 1:13}

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