King James Version

Daniel 11:26

Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

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וְאֹכְלֵ֧יveokheleand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and eat”, a verb used as a describing wordH398to 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.פַתfatportion of meatפַּתְבַּגnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “portion of meat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6598a daintyportion (provision) of meat.בָּג֛וֹbagvoportion of meatפַּתְבַּגnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “portion of meat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6598a daintyportion (provision) of meat.יִשְׁבְּר֖וּהוּyishberuhvbreakשָׁבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).וְחֵיל֣וֹvecheylvoand armyחַיִלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and army”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthable, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).יִשְׁט֑וֹףyishtofdrownשָׁטַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “drown”, an unfinished actionH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).וְנָפְל֖וּvenafelvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and fall”, a completed action in a sequenceH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…חֲלָלִ֥יםchalalimkillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “kill”, the ordinary formH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.רַבִּֽיםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yea, they that eat of his food shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away; and many shall fall down slain.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, they that eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.

Young’s Literal Translation

and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overfloweth, and fallen have many wounded.

World English Bible

Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain.

Darby Translation

And they that eat of his delicate food shall break him, and his army shall be dissolved; and many shall fall down slain.

Douay-Rheims

And they that eat bread with him, shall destroy him, and his army shall be overthrown: and many shall fall down slain.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yea, they that eat of his food shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away; and many shall fall down slain.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ φάγονται τὰ δέοντα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συντρίψουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ δυνάμεις κατακλύσει, καὶ πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι πολλοί.