Daniel 5:10

“The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.”

Daniel 5:10 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Daniel 5:10, word by word

The queenמַלְכְּתָmalkta

queen

Queen (Aramaic).

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because ofקֳבֵלkovel

because

For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).

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the wordsמִלֵּיmile

word

What someone says: an order, a word (Aramaic).

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of the kingמַלְכָּmalka

king

King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".

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and his noblesרַבְרְבָנוֹravrvano

noble, lord

Noble, great man (Aramaic): one of the lords of the king's court.

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cameעַלַּתalat

enter

To go inside a place, in Aramaic.

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into the houseבֵיתvet

house

A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.

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of the feastמִשְׁתְּיָmishtya

banquet

Banquet, feast with drinking (Aramaic).

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answeredעֲנָתanat

answer

To answer, to speak up in reply.

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and saidאֲמֶרֶתameret

say

To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).

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liveחֱיִיcheyi

live

To live (Aramaic). "O king, live forever!" is a greeting to the king.

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foreverעָלְמִיןalmin

antiquity, forever

Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".

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Do notאַלal

not

Not (Aramaic): used to forbid, "do not".

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let your thoughtsרַעְיוֹנָraona

thought

Thought (Aramaic): what goes through the mind.

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trouble youיְבַהֲלוּyevahalu

terrify

To take away someone's calm, making him shake inside.

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let your colorזִיוָיzivay

countenance

The look of the face from what one feels.

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changeיִשְׁתַּנּוֹyishtano

change, alter

To change, to alter (Aramaic).

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Translation note

“The queen”: it can be understood that she is not one of Belshazzar’s wives, who were already at the feast (5:2-3), because she comes in afterward and remembers the days of Nebuchadnezzar (5:11); the text does not say who she is.

The context

9Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.

10 · This verse (above)

11There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the days of your father light and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners, — your father, the king —

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