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Daniel 5:1-12

1Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430madeagreatרַ֔בRavH7229feasttoathousandאֲלַ֑ף'a.LafH506ofhis lords,anddrankH8355wineH2562beforethethousandאַלְפָּ֖א'al.Pa'H506.

2Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, whilehetastedthewineחַמְרָ֗אcham.Ra'H2562,commandedtobringלְהַיְתָיָה֙le.hay.ta.YahH858thegoldenandsilverH3702vesselsלְמָאנֵי֙le.ma.NeiH3984whichNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020hisfatherאֲב֔וּהִי'a.Vu.hiH2hadtakenoutofthetempleהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965whichwasinJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;thatthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislords,hiswivesandhisconcubines,mightdrinkH8355therefrom.

3Thenבֵּאדַ֗יִןbe.Da.yinH116theybroughtH858thegoldenvesselsמָאנֵ֣יma.NeiH3984thatweretakenoutofthetempleofthehouseבֵ֥יתveitH1005ofGodH426whichwasatJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;andthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislords,hiswivesandhisconcubines,drankוְאִשְׁתִּ֣יוve.'ish.TivH8355fromthem.

4TheydrankH8355wineחַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'H2562,andpraisedthegodsלֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.HeiH426ofgoldH1722,andofsilverH3702,ofbrass,ofironH6523,ofwood,andofstoneH69.

5Inthesame hourcameforththefingersofaman’sH606handיַד־yad-H3028,andwroteoveragainstthecandlestick upontheplasterofthewalloftheking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430palaceהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965:andthekingוּמַלְכָּ֣אu.mal.Ka'H4430sawחָזֵ֔הcha.ZehH2370thepartofthehandיְדָ֖הye.Dah'H3028thatwrote.

6Thenאֱדַ֤יִן'e.Da.yinH116theking’sמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430countenancewaschangedH8133inhim,andhisthoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִיve.ra.'.yo.No.hiH7476troubledhim;andthejointsofhis loinswereloosed,andhis knees smoteoneH1668againstanother.

7Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430criedaloudtobringלְהֶֽעָלָה֙le.he.'a.LahH5954intheenchanters,theChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.da.'eH3779,andthesoothsayers.Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spakeandsaidוְאָמַ֣ר׀ve.'a.MarH560tothewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH895, Whosoever shallreadH7123thiswriting,andshowmetheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, shall beclothedwithpurple,andhaveachainofgoldH1722abouthisneckצַוְּארֵ֔הּtza.ve.RehH6676,andshall bethethirdוְתַלְתִּ֥יve.tal.TiH8523rulerH7981inthekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

8Thenאֱדַ֙יִן֙'e.Da.yinH116cameinalltheking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430wiseחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445men;buttheycouldnotreadלְמִקְרֵ֔אle.mik.Re'H7123thewriting,normakeלְהוֹדָעָ֥הle.ho.da.'AhH3046knownH3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.rahH6591.

9Thenאֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinH116waskingמַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'H4430Belshazzarבֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ve.le.sha.TzarH1113greatlytroubled,andhiscountenancewaschangedH8133inhim,andhislordswereperplexed.

10Nowthequeenמַלְכְּתָ֕אmal.ke.Ta'H4433by reasonofthewordsמִלֵּ֤יmi.LeiH4406ofthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislordscameintothebanquethouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1005:thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֜אmal.ke.Ta'H4433spakeandsaidH560, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִ֔יche.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֣יןle.'al.MinH5957; let not thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָ֔ךְra'.yo.NakhH7476trouble thee, nor let thy countenancebechangedH8133.

11Thereisamanגְּבַ֜רge.VarH1400inthykingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְbe.mal.khu.TakhH4437,inwhomisthespiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7308oftheholyקַדִּישִׁין֮ka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֣ין'e.la.HinH426;andinthedaysוּבְיוֹמֵ֣יu.ve.yo.MeiH3118ofthyfatherאֲב֗וּךְ'a.VukhH2lightandunderstandingandwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452, likethewisdomכְּחָכְמַת־ke.cha.khe.mat-H2452ofthegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426,werefoundH7912inhim;andthekingוּמַלְכָּ֤אu.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲב֔וּךְ'a.VukhH2,thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430,Isay, thyfatherאֲב֥וּךְ'a.VukhH2,madehimmasterofthemagiciansחַרְטֻמִּ֣יןchar.tu.MinH2749, enchanters,Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kas.da.'InH3779,andsoothsayers;

12forasmuchasan excellentspiritר֣וּחַ׀Ru.achH7308,andknowledge,andunderstanding, interpretingofdreamsH2493,andshowingofdark sentences,anddissolvingofdoubts,werefoundH7912inthesameDanielבְּדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אלbe.Da.ni.YelH1841,whomthekingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430namedשְׁמֵ֖הּshe.MehH8036Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1096.Nowכְּעַ֛ןke.'AnH3705letDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841becalled,andhewillshowtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

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