The queen,מַלְכְּתָאbecause ofלָקֳבֵלthe wordsמִלֵּיof the kingמַלְכָּאand his nobles,וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִיcameעַלַּתinto the houseלְבֵיתof the feast.מִשְׁתְּיָאThe queenמַלְכְּתָאansweredעֲנָתand said,וַאֲמֶרֶת“O king,מַלְכָּאliveחֱיִיforever!לְעָלְמִיןDo notאַלlet your thoughtsרַעְיוֹנָךְtrouble you,יְבַהֲלוּךְand do notוְ אַלlet your colorזִיוָיךְchange.יִשְׁתַּנּוֹ
Daniel 5:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:10, word by word
- The queenמַלְכְּתָmalkta
queen
Queen (Aramaic).
Where else “malkta” appears- because ofקֳבֵלkovel
because
For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).
Where else “kovel” appears- the wordsמִלֵּיmile
word
What someone says: an order, a word (Aramaic).
Where else “mile” appears- of the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- and his noblesרַבְרְבָנוֹravrvano
noble, lord
Noble, great man (Aramaic): one of the lords of the king's court.
Where else “ravrvano” appears- cameעַלַּתalat
enter
To go inside a place, in Aramaic.
Where else “alat” appears- into the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.
Where else “vet” appears- of the feastמִשְׁתְּיָmishtya
banquet
Banquet, feast with drinking (Aramaic).
Where else “mishtya” appears- answeredעֲנָתanat
answer
To answer, to speak up in reply.
Where else “anat” appears- and saidאֲמֶרֶתameret
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “ameret” appears- liveחֱיִיcheyi
live
To live (Aramaic). "O king, live forever!" is a greeting to the king.
Where else “cheyi” appears- foreverעָלְמִיןalmin
antiquity, forever
Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".
Where else “almin” appears- Do notאַלal
not
Not (Aramaic): used to forbid, "do not".
Where else “al” appears- let your thoughtsרַעְיוֹנָraona
thought
Thought (Aramaic): what goes through the mind.
Where else “raona” appears- trouble youיְבַהֲלוּyevahalu
terrify
To take away someone's calm, making him shake inside.
Where else “yevahalu” appears- let your colorזִיוָיzivay
countenance
The look of the face from what one feels.
Where else “zivay” appears- changeיִשְׁתַּנּוֹyishtano
change, alter
To change, to alter (Aramaic).
Where else “yishtano” appears
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 —