Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
Daniel 5:30
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Original language (Aramaic)

בֵּ֚הּ בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א קְטִ֕יל בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֥א כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ

  1. בֵּ֚הּbeh“on it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  2. בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔אbe.Lei.le.Ya'“on night the”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from לֵילָא · “night” · Strong's H3916
  3. קְטִ֕ילke.Til“he was killed”
    Verb, peil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from קְטַל · “to slay” · Strong's H6992
  4. בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖רbe.le.sha.Tzar“Belshazzar”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר · “Belshazzar” · Strong's H1113
  5. מַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'“king the”
    Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4430
  6. כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פkhas.da.ya'“Chaldeans the”
    Noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from כַּשְׂדַּי · “Chaldean” · Strong's H3779
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)