Belshazzar,בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרat the tasteבִּטְעֵםof the wine,חַמְרָאsaidאֲמַרto bringלְהַיְתָיָהthe vesselsלְמָאנֵיof goldדַּהֲבָאand of silverוְכַסְפָּאthatדִּיNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרhis fatherאֲבוּהִיhad taken outהַנְפֵּקof the templeמִן הֵיכְלָאthat wasדִּיin Jerusalem,בִירוּשְׁלֶםso that the kingוְ מַלְכָּאand his nobles,וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִיhis wivesשֵׁגְלָתֵהּand his concubinesוּלְחֵנָתֵהּmight drinkיִשְׁתּוֹןfrom them.בְּהוֹן
Daniel 5:2
Study it in the app“Belshazzar, at the taste of the wine, said to bring the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:2, word by word
- Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּרbelshatsar
Belshazzar
Belshazzar (the Aramaic form of the name): the last king of Babylon in the book of Daniel.
Where else “belshatsar” appears- at the tasteטְעֵםteem
taste
To bring to the mouth to know the taste of the drink.
Where else “teem” appears- of the wineחַמְרָchamra
wine
Wine (Aramaic).
Where else “chamra” appears- saidאֲמַרamar
order
To give an order with authority (Aramaic).
Where else “amar” appears- to bringהַיְתָיָהhaytaya
bring
To cause someone or something to arrive before another, by taking it there.
Where else “haytaya” appears- the vesselsמָאנֵיmane
vessel, utensil
Vessel, utensil (Aramaic): the objects of gold and silver of the house of God.
Where else “mane” appears- of goldדַּהֲבָdahava
gold
Gold (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zahav".
Where else “dahava” appears- and of silverכַסְפָּchaspa
silver
Silver (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "kesef".
Where else “chaspa” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- his fatherאֲבav
father
Father (Aramaic). It is the same word as the Hebrew "av". In the plural, "fathers", also the ancestors.
Where else “av” appears- had taken outהַנְפֵּקhanpek
bring out
To make something or someone leave a place and be outside.
Where else “hanpek” appears- of the templeהֵיכְלָhechla
temple
The house of a god; in Jerusalem, the house of Elah (Aramaic).
Where else “hechla” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשְׁלֶםyrushlem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appears- so that 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- his wivesשֵׁגְלָתֵsheglate
queen, royal wife
Royal wife, queen (Aramaic): a wife of the king.
Where else “sheglate” appears- and his concubinesלְחֵנָתֵlechenate
concubine
Concubine (Aramaic): a secondary wife of the king.
Where else “lechenate” appears- might drinkיִשְׁתּוֹןyishton
drink
To drink (Aramaic).
Where else “yishton” appears
Translation note
“His father”: in Aramaic the word can also refer to an ancestor; in the plural, “fathers” are the forefathers (2:23).
The context
1King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he was drinking wine.
2 · This verse (above)
3Then they brought the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of Elah that was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.