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Daniel 5:7-16

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.

13Thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116wasDanielדָּֽנִיֵּ֔אלda.ni.YelH1841broughtH858inbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430.Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spakeandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560untoDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֗אלle.da.ni.YelH1841, Art thouthatDanielדָנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841,whoartofthechildrenofthecaptivityofJudahיְה֔וּדye.HudH3061,whomthekingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430myfatherאַ֖בִי'A.viH2broughtH858outofJudahיְהֽוּד׃ye.HudH3061?

14IhaveheardH8086ofthee,thatthespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7308ofthegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426isinthee,andthatlightandunderstandingandexcellentwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452arefoundH7912inthee.

15Andnowוּכְעַ֞ןu.khe.'AnH3705thewiseחַכִּֽימַיָּא֙cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445men,theenchanters, have beenbroughtH5954inbeforeme,thattheyshouldreadיִקְר֔וֹןyik.RonH7123thiswriting,andmakeלְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִיle.ho.da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046untometheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof;buttheycouldnotshowtheinterpretationפְּשַֽׁר־pe.shar-H6591ofthething.

16ButIhaveheardH8086ofthee,thatthou canstgiveinterpretations,anddissolve doubts:nowכְּעַ֡ןke.'AnH3705ifthou canstreadלְמִקְרֵ֗אle.mik.Re'H7123thewriting,andmakeלְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִיle.ho.Da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046tometheinterpretationH6591thereof, thou shaltbeclothedwithpurple,andhavea chainofgoldH1722aboutthyneckצַוְּארָ֔ךְtza.ve.RakhH6676,andshaltbethethirdוְתַלְתָּ֥אve.tal.Ta'H8531rulerH7981inthekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

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