DANIEL 5:1
König Belsazer machte ein herrliches Mahl seinen tausend Gewaltigen und soff sich voll mit ihnen.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- לְחֶםlᵉchem{(for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)}
- אֲלַףʼălaph{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as
- שְׁתָהshᵉthâh{to imbibe (literally or figuratively)}
- חֲמַרchămarwine
- בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרBêlshaʼtstsar{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}
- רַבְרְבָןrabrᵉbâna magnate
- רַבrab{abundant}
- עֲבַדʻăbadto do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
+2 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Belshazzar in the Nabonidus textsNamed outside the BibleA figure once cited as proof that Daniel was fiction turns out to be documented in Babylonian records — including the co-regency that makes the book's odd detail about "third ruler" make sense.
Cross-references
Est 1:3, Mrk 6:21–22, Isa 22:14, Nam 1:10, Isa 22:12, Isa 21:4–5, Jer 51:57, Jer 51:39