וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם (ū·lă·lam·mə·ḏām) in Daniel 1:4: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם (ū·lă·lam·mə·ḏām) in Daniel 1:4
Source Word
Daniel 1:4 row 20 aligns the prefixed H3925 infinitive with and to teach them and names the selected youths through its plural suffix.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
And to teach them identifies the selected youths as recipients of Chaldean language and literature within the palace-service program. And reflects the waw, to teach conveys the lamed-governed infinitive, and them renders the attached masculine plural suffix.
How To Communicate It
Identify the plural suffix as the chosen youths, place the infinitive inside the court-service program, and then let the rest of Daniel 1 frame their faithful response.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the Piel infinitive prove that all imperial education is faithful or that all cultural learning is compromise.
- The infinitive names the program's instructional purpose without identifying the instructor in this token alone.
- The form does not endorse every element of imperial assimilation, condemn all cross-cultural learning, or describe the youths as teachers.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Piel
Inf
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Waw conjunction, lamed preposition
Third person masculine plural
The waw and lamed link this Piel infinitive to the royal selection purpose, and the attached third-person masculine plural suffix identifies the chosen Judean youths as those to be taught.
The infinitive adds instruction of the youths to the court's program of selection, preparation, and service.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The program that selects qualified young men for service in the Babylonian king's palace
The royal command to bring capable Judean youths into training in the language and literature of the Chaldeans
The infinitive adds instruction of the youths to the court's program of selection, preparation, and service.
The form does not endorse every element of imperial assimilation, condemn all cross-cultural learning, or describe the youths as teachers.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form marks the Judean youths as the direct recipients of the knowledge central to their Babylonian court preparation.
The waw and lamed link this Piel infinitive to the royal selection purpose, and the attached third-person masculine plural suffix identifies the chosen Judean youths as those to be taught.. The infinitive adds instruction of the youths to the court's program of selection, preparation, and service.. Attached to the program that selects qualified young men for service in the Babylonian king's palace. Governed by the royal command to bring capable Judean youths into training in the language and literature of the Chaldeans. The form does not endorse every element of imperial assimilation, condemn all cross-cultural learning, or describe the youths as teachers.
Who is taught in Daniel 1:4, and for what setting? The selected Judean youths are taught Chaldean language and literature as preparation for service in the king's palace.
Direct: And reflects the waw, to teach conveys the lamed-governed infinitive, and them renders the attached masculine plural suffix.
The infinitive names the program's instructional purpose without identifying the instructor in this token alone. Learning the language and literature does not by itself settle the moral evaluation of the imperial program.
Conj-w, Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf | 3mp at Daniel 1:4 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not make the Piel infinitive prove that all imperial education is faithful or that all cultural learning is compromise. Daniel's education treated as either total approval of imperial formation or total rejection of learning across cultures: Keep "and to teach them" connected to וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם, row 20, and the full Daniel 1:4 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
Daniel 1:4 row 20 aligns the prefixed H3925 infinitive with and to teach them and names the selected youths through its plural suffix.
This row 20 H3925 witness concerns Babylonian court instruction of Judean youths, distinct from Moses' covenant-teaching purpose in Deuteronomy 6:1.
The waw and lamed link this Piel infinitive to the royal selection purpose, and the attached third-person masculine plural suffix identifies the chosen Judean youths as those to be taught.
Daniel 1:4 introduces an imperial education program intended to prepare selected Judean youths for service at the Babylonian court.
The book will show Daniel and his companions learning within Babylon while maintaining covenant fidelity; this infinitive names the court's educational aim, not the narrator's blanket approval of empire.
Identify the plural suffix as the chosen youths, place the infinitive inside the court-service program, and then let the rest of Daniel 1 frame their faithful response.
Do not make the Piel infinitive prove that all imperial education is faithful or that all cultural learning is compromise.