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Daniel 1:12

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

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נַסnasadventureנָסָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “adventure”, a commandH5254to test; by implication, to attemptadventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.נָ֥אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֲבָדֶ֖יךָavadeykhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.יָמִ֣יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עֲשָׂרָ֑הasarahtenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.וְיִתְּנוּveyitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, a wish or indirect commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָ֜נוּlanvtoלָ֜נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to”toמִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַזֵּרֹעִ֛יםhazeroimthe pulseזֵרֹעַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the pulse”, the ordinary formH2235something sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as food)pulse.וְנֹאכְלָ֖הvenokhlahand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and eat”, a determination or requestH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וּמַ֥יִםumayimand waterמַיִםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וְנִשְׁתֶּֽהvenishtehand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and banquet”, a determination or requestH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Try thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

World English Bible

“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Darby Translation

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;

Douay-Rheims

Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Try thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πείρασον δὴ τοὺς παῖδάς σου ἡμέρας δέκα, καὶ δότωσαν ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν σπερμάτων, καὶ φαγώμεθα, καὶ ὕδωρ πιώμεθα,