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Daniel Interprets the Writing on the Wall, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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Daniel 5— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Belshazzar drinks from the temple vessels1
Daniel 5:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar He was his son, and he reigned after Evil-merodach, who reigned instead of Nebuchadnezzar, and (he) too was the son of Nebuchadnezzar.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Daniel 5:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Fingers writing on the plaster of the wall5
Daniel 5:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The queen remembers a man with the spirit of the holy gods10
Daniel 5:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Daniel 5:10
The queen, in response to the words of the king The queen, because she heard the words of the king and his princes, came to the banquet hall.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Daniel 5:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Daniel 5:12
All because, etc. because a superior spirit, knowledge and understanding are within him, and the talent to tell riddles.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Daniel 5:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
You knew all this and did not humble your heart17
Daniel 5:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Daniel 5:17
and give your lavish gifts [as translated,] and give your lavish gifts.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Daniel 5:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:22· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:23· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:24· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Numbered, weighed, divided — and the city falls that night25
Daniel 5:25· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:26· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:27· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:28· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:29· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Daniel 5:30· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

