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They drankאִשְׁתִּיוwineחַמְרָאand praisedוְשַׁבַּחוּthe godsלֵאלָהֵיof goldדַּהֲבָאand of silver,וְכַסְפָּאof bronze,נְחָשָׁאof iron,פַרְזְלָאof woodאָעָאand of stone.וְאַבְנָא
Daniel 5:4
Study it in the app“They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:4, word by word
- They drankאִשְׁתִּיוishtiv
drink
To drink (Aramaic).
Where else “ishtiv” appears- wineחַמְרָchamra
wine
Wine (Aramaic).
Where else “chamra” appears- and praisedשַׁבַּחוּshabachu
praise
To praise, to give praise (Aramaic).
Where else “shabachu” appears- the godsאלָהֵיlahe
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 “lahe” 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- of bronzeנְחָשָׁnechasha
bronze
Bronze, copper (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "nechoshet".
Where else “nechasha” appears- of ironפַרְזְלָfarzla
iron
Iron (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "barzel".
Where else “farzla” appears- of woodאָעָaa
wood, beam
Wood, tree; beam (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "ets".
Where else “aa” appears- and of stoneאַבְנָavna
stone
Stone (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "even".
Where else “avna” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5At that very moment there came out the fingers of a man’s hand and were writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king; and the king was seeing the palm of the hand that was writing.