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And thisוּדְנָהis the writingכְתָבָאthatדִּיwas inscribed:רְשִׁיםMene,מְנֵאMene,מְנֵאTekel,תְּקֵלUparsin.וּפַרְסִין
Daniel 5:25
Study it in the app“And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Uparsin.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:25, word by word
- is the writingכְתָבָchetava
writing
What is written: a document or an inscription.
Where else “chetava” appears- was inscribedרְשִׁיםreshim
inscribe, sign
To write down, to sign a document (Aramaic).
Where else “reshim” appears- Meneמְנֵאmene
numbered
Numbered, counted (Aramaic); the word "Mene" of the writing on the wall.
Where else “mene” appears- Tekelתְּקֵלtekel
Tekel
A word written on the wall: a shekel, a unit of weight.
Where else “tekel” appears- Uparsinפַרְסִיןfarsin
Peres
A word written on the wall: half a mina; it also sounds like Persians.
Where else “farsin” appears
Translation note
“Mene” = “counted”; “Tekel” = “weighed”; “Uparsin” = “and divided” (it sounds like “Persians,” Paras, who are named in 5:28).
The context
24Then from before him the palm of the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
25 · This verse (above)
26This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, Elah has counted your kingdom and brought it to an end.