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Thenאֱדַיִןallכֹּלthe king’sמַלְכָּאwise menחַכִּימֵיcame in,עָלִּיןbut they were notוְלָאableכָהֲלִיןto readלְמִקְרֵאthe writingכְּתָבָאor make knownלְהוֹדָעָהits interpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּto the king.לְמַלְכָּא
Daniel 5:8
Study it in the app“Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they were not able to read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Daniel 5:8, word by word
- Thenאֱדַיִןedayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appears- the king’sמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- wise menחַכִּימֵיchakime
wise man
Wise man (Aramaic): one of the learned men of the king's court who interpreted dreams and signs.
Where else “chakime” appears- came inעָלִּיןalin
enter
To go inside a place, in Aramaic.
Where else “alin” appears- ableכָהֲלִיןchahalin
be able
To be able, can (Aramaic).
Where else “chahalin” appears- to readמִקְרֵאmikre
read aloud
To speak a written text aloud.
Where else “mikre” appears- the writingכְּתָבָketava
writing
What is written: a document or an inscription.
Where else “ketava” appears- or make knownהוֹדָעָהhodaa
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “hodaa” appears- its interpretationפִשְׁרֵfishre
interpretation
Interpretation (Aramaic): the explanation of a dream, a vision or a writing. Related to the Hebrew "pitron".
Where else “fishre” appears
The context
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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.