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Daniel 5:1-12

1Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430madeagreatרַ֔בRavH7229feasttoathousandאֲלַ֑ף'a.LafH506ofhisnobles,anddrankH8355wineH2562beforethethousandאַלְפָּ֖א'al.Pa'H506.

2Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, whilehetastedthewineחַמְרָ֗אcham.Ra'H2562,commandedtobringלְהַיְתָיָה֙le.hay.ta.YahH858thegoldenandsilverH3702vesselsלְמָאנֵי֙le.ma.NeiH3984thatNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020hisfatherאֲב֔וּהִי'a.Vu.hiH2hadtakenoutofthetempleהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965whichwasinJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;thatthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhisnobles,hiswivesandhisconcubines,mightdrinkH8355inthem.

3Thenבֵּאדַ֗יִןbe.Da.yinH116theybroughtH858thegoldenvesselsמָאנֵ֣יma.NeiH3984thatweretakenoutofthetempleofthehouseבֵ֥יתveitH1005ofGodH426whichwasatJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;andthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhisnobles,hiswivesandhisconcubines,drankוְאִשְׁתִּ֣יוve.'ish.TivH8355inthem.

4TheydrankH8355wineחַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'H2562,andpraisedthegodsלֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.HeiH426ofgoldH1722andofsilverH3702,ofbrass,ofironH6523,ofwood,andofstoneH69.

5Inthesame hourcameforthfingersofaman'shandיַד־yad-H3028,andwroteoveragainstthecandlestick upontheplasterofthewalloftheking'spalaceהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965:andthekingH4430sawחָזֵ֔הcha.ZehH2370thepartofthehandיְדָ֖הye.Dah'H3028thatwrote.

6Thenאֱדַ֤יִן'e.Da.yinH116theking's countenancewaschangedH8133,andhisthoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִיve.ra.'.yo.No.hiH7476troubledhim,andthejointsofhis loinswereloosed,andhis knees smoteoneH1668againstanother.

7Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430criedaloudtobringלְהֶֽעָלָה֙le.he.'a.LahH5954inthemagicians,theChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.da.'eH3779,andtheastrologers.Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spokeandsaidוְאָמַ֣ר׀ve.'a.MarH560tothewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH895, Whosoever shallreadH7123thiswriting,andshewmetheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, shall beclothedwithpurple,andhaveachainofgoldH1722abouthisneckצַוְּארֵ֔הּtza.ve.RehH6676,andshall bethethirdוְתַלְתִּ֥יve.tal.TiH8523rulerH7981inthekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

8Thenאֱדַ֙יִן֙'e.Da.yinH116cameinalltheking'swiseחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445men,buttheycouldnotreadלְמִקְרֵ֔אle.mik.Re'H7123thewriting,normakeלְהוֹדָעָ֥הle.ho.da.'AhH3046knownH3046tothekingH4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.rahH6591.

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

10—Thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֕אmal.ke.Ta'H4433, by reasonofthewordsמִלֵּ֤יmi.LeiH4406ofthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhisnobles,cameintothebanquet-house.Thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֜אmal.ke.Ta'H4433spokeandsaidH560, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִ֔יche.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֣יןle.'al.MinH5957! let not thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָ֔ךְra'.yo.NakhH7476trouble thee, neither let thy countenancebechangedH8133.

11Thereisamanגְּבַ֜רge.VarH1400inthykingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְbe.mal.khu.TakhH4437inwhomisthespiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7308oftheholyקַדִּישִׁין֮ka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֣ין'e.la.HinH426;andinthedaysוּבְיוֹמֵ֣יu.ve.yo.MeiH3118ofthyfatherאֲב֗וּךְ'a.VukhH2, lightandunderstandingandwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452, likethewisdomכְּחָכְמַת־ke.cha.khe.mat-H2452ofthegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426wasfoundH7912inhim;andthekingוּמַלְכָּ֤אu.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲב֔וּךְ'a.VukhH2, [even]thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430thyfatherאֲב֥וּךְ'a.VukhH2,madehimmasterofthescribes,magiciansחַרְטֻמִּ֣יןchar.tu.MinH2749,Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kas.da.'InH3779, [and]astrologers;

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

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