Revised Literal Translation

Daniel 5:18-22

18O thouאַ֖נְתְּ'an.tahH607kingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,the most highעִלָּאָ֔הi.la.ya'H5943Godאֱלָהָא֙'e.la.Ha'H426gaveיְהַ֖בye.HavH3052Nebuchadnezzarלִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thy fatherאֲבֽוּךְ׃'a.VukhH2a kingdomמַלְכוּתָ֤אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,and majestyוּרְבוּתָא֙u.re.vu.Ta'H7238,and gloryוִיקָרָ֣אvi.ka.Ra'H3367,and honourוְהַדְרָ֔הve.had.Rah'H1923:

19And forוּמִן־u.min-H4481the majestyרְבוּתָא֙re.vu.Ta'H7238that he gaveיְהַב־ye.hav-H3052him, allכֹּ֣לkolH3606peopleעַֽמְמַיָּ֗א'a.mai.Ya'H5972,nationsאֻמַיָּא֙'u.mai.Ya'H524,and languagesוְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔אve.li.Sha.nai.Ya'H3961,trembledהֲו֛וֹ זָיְעִ֥יןha.Vo za.'a.'inH2112 H1934and fearedוְדָחֲלִ֖יןve.da.cha.LinH1763beforeמִן־min-H4481himקֳדָמ֑וֹהִיko.da.Mo.hiH6925:whom he wouldהֲוָ֨ה צָבֵ֜אha.Vah tza.Ve'H6634 H1934he slewהֲוָ֣א קָטֵ֗לha.Va' ka.TelH6992 H1934;and whom he wouldהֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ha.Vah tza.Ve'H6634 H1934he kept aliveהֲוָ֣ה מַחֵ֔אha.Vah ma.Che'H2418 H1934;and whom he wouldהֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ha.Vah tza.Ve'H6634 H1934he set upהֲוָ֣ה מָרִ֔יםha.Vah ma.RimH7313 H1934;and whom he wouldהֲוָ֥ה צָבֵ֖אha.Vah tza.Ve'H6634 H1934he put downהֲוָ֥ה מַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ha.Vah mash.PilH8214 H1934.

20But when his heartלִבְבֵ֔הּli.VehH3825was lifted upרִ֣םrimH7313,and his mindוְרוּחֵ֖הּve.ru.ChehH7308hardenedתִּֽקְפַ֣תtik.FatH8631in prideלַהֲזָדָ֑הla.ha.za.DahH2103,he was deposedהָנְחַת֙ha.ne.ChatH5182fromמִן־min-H4481his kinglyמַלְכוּתֵ֔הּmal.khu.TehH4437throneכָּרְסֵ֣אka.re.Se'H3764,and they tookהֶעְדִּ֥יוּhe'.Di.yuH5709his gloryוִֽיקָרָ֖הvi.ka.Rah'H3367from himמִנֵּֽהּ׃mi.NehH4481:

21And he was drivenטְרִ֜ידte.RidH2957fromוּמִן־u.min-H4481the sonsH1123of menאֲנָשָׁ֨א'a.na.Sha'H606;and his heartוְלִבְבֵ֣הּ׀ve.li.VehH3825was madeשַׁוִּ֗יְוshe.viH7739likeH5974the beastsחֵיוְתָ֣אcheiv.Ta'H2423,and his dwellingמְדוֹרֵ֔הּme.do.RehH4070waswith the wild donkeysעֲרָֽדַיָּא֙'a.ra.dai.Ya'H6167:they fedיְטַ֣עֲמוּנֵּ֔הּye.Ta.'a.mu.NehH2939him with grassעִשְׂבָּ֤א'is.Ba'H6211like oxenכְתוֹרִין֙khe.to.RinH8450,and his bodyגִּשְׁמֵ֣הּgish.MehH1655was wetיִצְטַבַּ֑עyitz.ta.Ba'H6647with the dewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2920of heavenשְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'H8065;tillעַ֣ד'adH5705he knewיְדַ֗עye.Da'H3046that the most highעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943Godאֱלָהָ֤א'e.la.Ha'H426ruledשַׁלִּ֞יטsha.LitH7990in the kingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437of menאֲנָשָׁ֔א'a.na.Sha'H606, and thathe appointethיְהָקֵ֥יםye.ha.KeimH6966overעֲלַֽהּ׃a.la.yehH5922it whomsoeverוּלְמַן־u.le.man-H4479he willיִצְבֵּ֖הyitz.BehH6634.

22And thouוְאַ֤נְתְּve.'an.tahH607his sonבְּרֵהּ֙be.RehH1247,O Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113,hast notלָ֥אla'H3809humbledהַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּhash.Pe.letH8214thine heartלִבְבָ֑ךְli.VakhH3825,thoughקֳבֵ֕לko.VelH6903thou knewestיְדַֽעְתָּ׃ye.Da'.taH3046allכָל־khol-H3606thisדְּנָ֖הde.NahH1836;

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