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Daniel 5:5

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
Daniel 5:5
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Original language (Aramaic)

בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה נְפַ֙קָה֙ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃

  1. בַּהּ־bah-“at it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
  2. שַׁעֲתָ֗הsha.'a.Tah'“moment the”
    Noun, feminine, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from שָׁעָה · “moment” · Strong's H8160
  3. נְפַ֙קָה֙ne.fa.ku“they went forth”
    Verb, peal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural · from נְפַק · “to take” · Strong's H5312
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  4. אֶצְבְּעָן֙'etz.be.'An“fingers”
    Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from אֶצְבַּע · “digit” · Strong's H0677
  5. דִּ֣יdi“of”
    Conjunction · from דִּי · “that” · Strong's H1768
  6. יַד־yad-“a hand of”
    Noun, both genders, singular, construct · from יַד · “hand” · Strong's H3028
  7. אֱנָ֔שׁ'e.Nash“a human”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from אֱנָשׁ · “man” · Strong's H0606
  8. וְכָֽתְבָן֙ve.kha.te.Van“and [they were] writing”
    Conjunction + Verb, peal, participle (active), feminine, plural, absolute · from כְּתַב · “to write” · Strong's H3790
  9. לָקֳבֵ֣לlo.ko.Vel“<to> before”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, construct · from קֳבֵל · “before” · Strong's H6903G
  10. נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔אnev.rash.Ta'“candlestick the”
    Noun, feminine, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא · “lampstand” · Strong's H5043
  11. עַל־'al-“on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “since” · Strong's H5922
  12. גִּירָ֕אgi.Ra'“plaster the”
    Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from גִּיר · “plaster” · Strong's H1528
  13. דִּֽי־di-“of”
    Conjunction · from דִּי · “that” · Strong's H1768
  14. כְתַ֥לkhe.Tal“[the] wall of”
    Noun, both genders, singular, construct · from כְּתַל · “wall” · Strong's H3797
  15. הֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'“palace the”
    Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from הֵיכַל · “palace” · Strong's H1965H
  16. דִּ֣יdi“of”
    Conjunction · from דִּי · “that” · Strong's H1768
  17. מַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'“king the”
    Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4430
  18. וּמַלְכָּ֣אu.mal.Ka'“and king the”
    Conjunction + Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4430
  19. חָזֵ֔הcha.Zeh“[was] seeing”
    Verb, peal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from חֲזָה · “to see” · Strong's H2370
  20. פַּ֥סpas“[the] palm of”
    Noun, both genders, singular, construct · from פַּס · “palm” · Strong's H6447
  21. יְדָ֖הye.Dah'“hand the”
    Noun, both genders, singular, determined + Definite article (emphatic) · from יַד · “hand” · Strong's H3028
  22. דִּ֥יdi“which”
    Conjunction · from דִּי · “that” · Strong's H1768
  23. כָתְבָֽה׃kha.te.Vah“[was] writing”
    Verb, peal, participle (active), feminine, singular, absolute · from כְּתַב · “to write” · Strong's H3790
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)