Thenבֵּאדַיִןthey broughtהַיְתִיוthe vesselsמָאנֵיof goldדַהֲבָאthatדִּיhad been taken outהַנְפִּקוּof the templeמִן הֵיכְלָאof the houseדִּי בֵיתof Elahאֱלָהָאthat wasדִּיin Jerusalem;בִירוּשְׁלֶםand the kingוְ מַלְכָּאand his nobles,וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִיhis wivesשֵׁגְלָתֵהּand his concubinesוּלְחֵנָתֵהּdrankאִשְׁתִּיוfrom them.בְּהוֹן
Daniel 5:3
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:3, word by word
- Thenאדַיִןdayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “dayin” appears- they broughtהַיְתִיוhaytiv
bring
To cause someone or something to arrive before another, by taking it there.
Where else “haytiv” appears- the vesselsמָאנֵיmane
vessel, utensil
Vessel, utensil (Aramaic): the objects of gold and silver of the house of God.
Where else “mane” appears- of goldדַהֲבָdahava
gold
Gold (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zahav".
Where else “dahava” appears- had been taken outהַנְפִּקוּhanpiku
bring out
To make something or someone leave a place and be outside.
Where else “hanpiku” appears- of the templeהֵיכְלָhechla
temple
The house of a god; in Jerusalem, the house of Elah (Aramaic).
Where else “hechla” appears- of the houseבֵיתvet
temple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “vet” appears- of Elahאֱלָהָelaha
Elah, God, god
Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.
Where else “elaha” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשְׁלֶםyrushlem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appears- and 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- drankאִשְׁתִּיוishtiv
drink
To drink (Aramaic).
Where else “ishtiv” appears
The context
2Belshazzar, 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone.