Daniel 1:5:6Dan.1.5.W6TAB
מִפַּת־בַּ֤ג
mipatbag
“from the portion of food”
- Transliteration
- mi-PAT-BAG
- Extended
- mih-PAHT-BAHG
- IPA
- /mipˈpat.ˈbag/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the portion of food
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-PAT-BAG
- phraseyour reading level
mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh de-var-YOM be-yo-MO mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh u-mi-YEN mish-TAV u-le-gad-de-LAM sha-NIM sha-LOSH
- sentence
va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh de-var-YOM be-yo-MO mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh u-mi-YEN mish-TAV u-le-gad-de-LAM sha-NIM sha-LOSH u-mik-tsa-TAM ya-a-med-DU lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
Subsequent prepositional phrases mi-pat-bag {מִפַּת־בַּ֤ג | mippaṫ-bág} and u-mi-yen {וּמִיֵּ֣ין | ûmiyyēn} specify the sources as the king’s food and wine.
Root and etymology
פ־ת־בp-t-b
“portion, delicacy”
In context — Daniel 1:5
And the king set for them a daily portion from the king’s food and from the wine of his drinking, and appointed that they be raised for three years; and at the end of those years they would stand before the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 1:5, so the Hebrew word מִפַּת־בַּ֤ג (mipatbag) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Dan.1.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.5.W6.S1) and character.