Daniel 5:26 Go deeper
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This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (KJV)
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דְּנָ֖הde.Nahthis
פְּשַֽׁר\־pe.shar-[is] [the] interpretation of
Lemma: פְּשַׁר (pe.shar) · Strong's: H6591
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: interpretation
Used 30 times. Also: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:7, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6591; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 2
מִלְּתָ֑אmi.le.Ta'matter the
Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4406
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Definite (ANcfsd)
Meaning: word
Used 24 times. Also: Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:11, Daniel 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4406; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 3
מְנֵ֕אme.Ne'mene
Lemma: מְנֵא (me.ne) · Strong's: H4484
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: mina
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 5:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4484; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 4
מְנָֽה\־me.nah-he has numbered
Lemma: מְנָה (me.nah) · Strong's: H4483
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to reckon/appoint
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 7:25, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4483; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 5
אֱלָהָ֥א'e.la.Ha'<the> God
מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְmal.khu.Takhkingdom your
Lemma: מַלְכוּ (mal.khu) · Strong's: H4437
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: kingdom
Used 57 times. Also: Ezra 4:24, Ezra 6:15, Ezra 7:13, Ezra 7:23, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4437; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 7
וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ\׃ve.hash.le.Mahand he has finished it
Lemma: שְׁלֵם (she.lam) · Strong's: H8000
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVhp3ms)
Meaning: be complete
Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 5:16, Ezra 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8000; TAHOT Daniel 5:26 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [And] this | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| is the interpretation | → | פְּשַׁר H6591 interpretation |
| of the message | → | מִלָּה H4406 word |
| MENE | → | מְנֵא H4484 mina |
| means that God | → | אֱלָהּ H0426 god |
| has numbered | → | מְנָה H4483 to reckon/appoint |
| the days of your reign | → | מַלְכוּ H4437 kingdom |
| and brought it to an end | → | שְׁלֵם H8000 be complete |
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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