Study it in the app“Then the king’s color changed and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked one against the other.”
Thenאֱדַיִןthe king’sמַלְכָּאcolorזִיוֺהִיchangedשְׁנוֹהִיand his thoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹהִיtroubled him,יְבַהֲלוּנֵּהּand the jointsוְקִטְרֵיof his hipsחַרְצֵהּwere loosened,מִשְׁתָּרַיִןand his kneesוְאַרְכֻבָּתֵהּknockedנָקְשָׁןoneדָּאagainst the other.לְדָא
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearscountenance
The look of the face from what one feels.
Where else “zivo” appearschange, alter
To change, to alter (Aramaic).
Where else “sheno” appearsthought
Thought (Aramaic): what goes through the mind.
Where else “rayono” appearsterrify
To take away someone's calm, making him shake inside.
Where else “yevahalune” appearsjoint
Where the bones meet.
Where else “kitre” appearsloins, hips
Loins, hips (Aramaic): "the joints of his hips".
Where else “chartse” appearsloosen
Loosen, untie; go slack.
Where else “mishtarayin” appearsknee
Knee (Aramaic).
Where else “archubate” appearsknock together
To knock together (Aramaic): his knees knocked against each other.
Where else “nakshan” appearsthis
This (Aramaic; feminine).
Where else “da” appears5At 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7The king called out with strength to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who reads this writing and declares to me its interpretation will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on his neck, and as third in the kingdom he will rule.”
