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Peres,פְּרֵסyour kingdomמַלְכוּתָךְhas been dividedפְּרִיסַתand givenוִיהִיבַתto the Medesלְמָדַיand the Persians.”וּפָרָס
Daniel 5:28
Study it in the app“Peres, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and the Persians.””
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:28, word by word
- Peresפְּרֵסperes
Peres
A word written on the wall: half a mina; it also sounds like Persians.
Where else “peres” appears- your kingdomמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom, above all the one God gives his people and that does not end (Aramaic).
Where else “malchuta” appears- and givenיהִיבַתyhivat
give
To give (Aramaic).
Where else “yhivat” appears- to the Medesמָדַיmaday
Media
Media (the Aramaic form): a region east of Assyria, joined to Persia in a single empire.
Where else “maday” appears- and the Persiansפָרָסfaras
Persia
Persia (Aramaic).
Where else “faras” appears
The context
27Tekel, you have been weighed in the balance and found lacking.
28 · This verse (above)
29Then Belshazzar gave the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold on his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he would be ruler as third in the kingdom.