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TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (KJV)

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תְּקֵ֑לte.Kelteqel

Lemma: תְּקֵל (te.qel) · Strong's: H8625B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)

Meaning: shekel

Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 5:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8625B; TAHOT Daniel 5:27 word 1

תְּקִ֥ילְתָּהte.Ki.le.tahyou have been weighed

Lemma: תְּקַל (te.qal) · Strong's: H8625A

Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (AVQp2ms)

Meaning: to weigh

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8625A; TAHOT Daniel 5:27 word 2

בְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖אve.mo.zan.Ya'in scales the

Lemma: מֹאזֵנְיָא (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3977

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)

Meaning: scale

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3977; TAHOT Daniel 5:27 word 3

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּve.hish.te.Kha.chatand you have been found

Lemma: שְׁכַח (she.khach) · Strong's: H7912

Parsing: Verb · Hitpael (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (AVup2ms)

Meaning: to find

Used 18 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 6:2, Ezra 7:16, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7912; TAHOT Daniel 5:27 word 4

חַסִּֽיר\׃cha.Sirlacking

Lemma: חַסִּר (chas.sir) · Strong's: H2627

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)

Meaning: lacking

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2627; TAHOT Daniel 5:27 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

TEKEL	→	תְּקֵל H8625B shekel
means that you have been weighed	→	תְּקֵל H8625B shekel
on the scales	→	מֹאזֵנְיָא H3977 scale
and found	→	שְׁכַח H7912 to find
deficient	→	חַסִּר H2627 lacking

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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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