Daniel 10:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֶ֣חֶם חֲמֻד֞וֹת לֹ֣א אָכַ֗לְתִּי וּבָשָׂ֥ר וָיַ֛יִן לֹא־בָ֥א אֶל־פִּ֖י וְס֣וֹךְ לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי עַד־מְלֹ֕את שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Leḥem ḥămudôt lōʾ ʾākaltî and-bāśār and-yayin lōʾ-bāʾ to-pî and-sôk lōʾ-sāktî until-mĕlōʾt shĕlōshet shābuʿîm yāmîm.

Grammar Details

*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular construct - bread of
*ḥămudôt*: noun, feminine plural - desirable things
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾākaltî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I ate
*bāśār*: noun, masculine singular - flesh/meat
*yayin*: noun, masculine singular - wine
*bāʾ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - entered
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth
*sôk*: infinitive absolute, Qal - anoint
*sāktî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I anointed
*mĕlōʾt*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - fulfilling/completing
*shĕlōshet*: cardinal number, feminine construct - three of
*shābuʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - weeks
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days

Word Meanings

*leḥem ḥămudôt*: bread of delicacies/pleasant food/desirable bread
*bāʾ el-pî*: entered into my mouth/I consumed
*sôk lōʾ-sāktî*: I did not anoint myself at all (emphatic construction)

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Referenced Verses

Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
Matt 6:17 : 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, {G4458} after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
2 Sam 19:24 : 24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Job 33:20 : 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
Isa 24:6-9 : 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Dan 11:8 : 8 And also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Nah 2:9 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

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