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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. (KJV)
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אֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinthen
מַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'king the
בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ve.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 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 5:29, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1113; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 3
שַׂגִּ֣יאsa.Gi'exceedingly
Lemma: שַׂגִּיא (sag.gi) · Strong's: H7690
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAabsa)
Meaning: greatly
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 5:11, Daniel 2:6, Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7690; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 4
מִתְבָּהַ֔לmit.ba.Hal[was] alarmed
Lemma: בְּהַל (be.hal) · Strong's: H0927
Parsing: Verb · Hitpaal (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVMrmsa)
Meaning: to dismay
Used 11 times. Also: Daniel 2:25, Daniel 3:24, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0927; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 5
וְזִיוֹ֖הִיve.zi.Yo.hiand brightness<es> his
Lemma: זִיו (ziv) · Strong's: H2122
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: splendor
Used 6 times. Also: Daniel 2:31, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 7:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2122; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 6
שָׁנַ֣יִןsha.Na.yin[were] changing
Lemma: שְׁנָא (she.na) · Strong's: H8133
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVqrmpa)
Meaning: to change
Used 20 times. Also: Ezra 6:11, Ezra 6:12, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 3:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8133; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 7
עֲל֑וֹהִיa.Lo.hion him
וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִיve.rav.re.va.No.hiand 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 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7261; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 9
מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין\׃Mish.ta.be.Shin[were] dumbfounded
Lemma: שְׁבַשׁ (she.vash) · Strong's: H7672
Parsing: Verb · Hitpaal (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVMrmpa)
Meaning: be perplexed
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7672; TAHOT Daniel 5:9 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | אֱדַ֫יִן H0116 then |
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| Belshazzar | → | בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר H1113 Belshazzar |
| became even more | → | שַׂגִּיא H7690 greatly |
| terrified | → | בְּהַל H0927 to dismay |
| his face | → | זִיו H2122 splendor |
| grew even more pale | → | שְׁנָא H8133 to change |
| . . . | → | עַל H5922 since |
| and his nobles | → | רַבְרְבָן H7261 noble |
| were bewildered | → | שְׁבַשׁ H7672 be perplexed |
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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