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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. (KJV)
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בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbe.le.sha.TzarBelshazzar
Lemma: בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (be.le.shats.tsar) · Strong's: H1113
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Belshazzar
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:9, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 5:29, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1113; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 1
מַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'king the
עֲבַד֙'a.Vadhe made
Lemma: עֲבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5648
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 28 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5648; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 3
לְחֶ֣םle.Chema feast
Lemma: לְחֵם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3900
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: feast
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3900; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 4
רַ֔בRavgreat
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7229
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)
Meaning: great
Used 15 times. Also: Ezra 4:10, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:14, Daniel 2:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7229; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 5
לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִיle.rav.re.va.No.hifor nobles his
Lemma: רַבְרְבָן (rav.re.van) · Strong's: H7261
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: noble
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 4:36, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3, Daniel 5:9, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7261; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 6
אֲלַ֑ף'a.Lafa thousand
Lemma: אֲלַ֑ף (a.laph) · Strong's: H0506
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAcbsa)
Meaning: thousand
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0506; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 7
וְלָקֳבֵ֥לve.lo.ko.Veland <to> before
Lemma: קֳבֵל (qe.vel) · Strong's: H6903G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: before
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:16, Ezra 6:13, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 3:3, Daniel 5:5, Daniel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6903G; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 8
אַלְפָּ֖א'al.Pa'thousand the
Lemma: אֲלַ֑ף (a.laph) · Strong's: H0506
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Definite (AAcbsd)
Meaning: thousand
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0506; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 9
חַמְרָ֥אcham.Ra'<the> wine
Lemma: חֲמַר (cha.mar) · Strong's: H2562
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: wine
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 6:9, Ezra 7:22, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2562; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 10
שָׁתֵֽה\׃sha.Teh[he was] drinking
Lemma: שְׁתָה (she.tah) · Strong's: H8355
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVqrmsa)
Meaning: to drink
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8355; TAHOT Daniel 5:1 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [Later,] | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| King Belshazzar | → | בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר H1113 Belshazzar |
| held | → | עֲבַד H5648 to make |
| a great | → | רַב H7229 great |
| feast | → | לְחֵם H3900 feast |
| for a thousand | → | אֲלַ֑ף H0506 thousand |
| of his nobles | → | רַבְרְבָן H7261 noble |
| and he drank | → | שְׁתָה H8355 to drink |
| wine | → | חֲמַר H2562 wine |
| with | → | קֳבֵל H6903G before |
| them | → | אֲלַ֑ף H0506 thousand |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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