Revised Version 1895

Daniel 5:4-9

4Theydrankאִשְׁתִּ֖יו'ish.TivH8355wineחַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'H2562, andpraisedוְ֠שַׁבַּחוּVe.sha.ba.chuH7624thegodsלֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.HeiH426ofgoldדַּהֲבָ֧אda.ha.Va'H1722, and ofsilverוְכַסְפָּ֛אve.khas.Pa'H3702, of brass, ofironפַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La'H6523, ofwoodאָעָ֥א'a.'A'H636, and ofstoneוְאַבְנָֽא׃ve.'av.Na'H69.

5In the same hourcameH5312forthH5312thefingersאֶצְבְּעָן֙'etz.be.'AnH677of aman’sאֱנָ֔שׁ'e.NashH606handיַד־yad-H3028, andwroteוְכָֽתְבָן֙ve.kha.te.VanH3790overagainstעַל־'al-H5922the candlestick upon the plaister of thewallכְתַ֥לkhe.TalH3797of theking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430palaceהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965: and thekingוּמַלְכָּ֣אu.mal.Ka'H4430sawחָזֵ֔הcha.ZehH2370the part of thehandיְדָ֖הye.Dah'H3028thatwroteכָתְבָֽה׃kha.te.VahH3790.

6Then theking’sמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430countenance waschangedשְׁנ֔וֹהִיshe.No.hiH8133in him, and histhoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִיve.ra.'.yo.No.hiH7476troubledיְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּye.va.ha.lu.NehH927him; and thejointsוְקִטְרֵ֤יve.kit.ReiH7001of his loins wereloosedמִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִןmish.ta.Ra.yinH8271, and his knees smote one againstanotherH1668.

7Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430criedaloudבְּחַ֔יִלbe.Cha.yilH2429tobringלְהֶֽעָלָה֙le.he.'a.LahH5954in the enchanters, theChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.da.'eH3779, and the soothsayers. Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spake andsaidוְאָמַ֣ר׀ve.'a.MarH560to thewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445ofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH895, Whosoever shallreadH7123thiswritingכְּתָבָ֣הke.ta.Vah'H3792, and shewmeH5954theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, shall beclothedיִלְבַּ֗שׁyil.BashH3848withpurpleאַרְגְּוָנָ֣א'ar.ge.va.Na'H711, and have a chain ofgoldדַהֲבָא֙da.ha.Va'H1722aboutעַֽל־'al-H5922hisneckצַוְּארֵ֔הּtza.ve.RehH6676, and shall be thethirdוְתַלְתִּ֥יve.tal.TiH8523rulerיִשְׁלַֽט׃ סyish.LatH7981in thekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

8Thencameעָֽלִּ֔יןa.la.linH5954inallכֹּ֖לkolH3606theking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430wiseחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445: but theycouldכָהֲלִ֤יןkha.ha.LinH3546notH3809readלְמִקְרֵ֔אle.mik.Re'H7123thewritingכְּתָבָא֙ke.ta.Va'H3792,norH3809makeלְהוֹדָעָ֥הle.ho.da.'AhH3046knownH3046to thekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.rahH6591.

9Then waskingמַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'H4430Belshazzarבֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ve.le.sha.TzarH1113greatlyשַׂגִּ֣יאsa.Gi'H7690troubledמִתְבָּהַ֔לmit.ba.HalH927, and his countenance waschangedשָׁנַ֣יִןsha.Na.yinH8133in him, and his lords wereperplexedמִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃Mish.ta.be.ShinH7672.

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