meat. food. Hebrew. pathbag.. Persian or Aryan word. Occurs only in Daniel.
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
three years. Say 497, 496, and 495 B.C. See note on Daniel 2:1. It does not say these years were concluded before the events of Dan. took place.
stand before the king. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 41:46).