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title: פַּתבָּג — portion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּתבָּג (6598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: portion. BDB 1906: portion for delicacies. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּתבָּג

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«פַּתבָּג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **portion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 6598 · **BDB:** פַּת־בָּג

### Glosses

the.delicaci\[es\] (3); delicaci\[es\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6598/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

portion for delicacies [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6598/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (read always \[פַּתְבָּג\]) n.\[m.\] portion (of food) for king, delicacies (Pers. loan-word, cf. Skr. prati-bhâga Zend \[pati-baga; whence\] Gk. translit. ποτί-βαζις, Syriac ܦܰܛܒܴ̈ܓܶܐ; GildemZKM iv. 213 f. LagGes. Abh. 73 BevDu Dr Dn);—cstr. פַּת־בַּג הַמֶּלֶךְ Dn 1:5, 8, 13, 15, sf. פַּת־בָּגָם v 16, אֹכְלֵי פַת־בָּגוֹ 11:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּתבָּג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.16/)

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וַיְהִ֣י הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר נֹשֵׂא֙ אֶת־פַּתְבָּגָ֔ם וְיֵ֖ין מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְנֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם זֵרְעֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.was the guardian taking.away (et) delicaci\[es\] their and the.wine their.drink their and giving to them vegetables

*JPS 1917:* So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

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[Daniel 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.15/)

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וּמִקְצָת֙ יָמִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה נִרְאָ֤ה מַרְאֵיהֶם֙ ט֔וֹב וּבְרִיאֵ֖י בָּשָׂ֑ר מִן־כָּל־הַיְלָדִ֔ים הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים אֵ֖ת פַּתְבַּ֥ג הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and from.\[the\] end of.days ten it.appeared appearance their good and fat of.flesh more.than all the youths \[who were\].eating (et) the.delicaci\[es\] of the.king

*JPS 1917:* And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's food.

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