King James Version

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbeleshatsarBelshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּרnoun, proper name — “Belshazzar”H1113{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}Belshazzar.מַלְכָּ֗אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.עֲבַד֙avaddoעֲבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH5648to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.[idiom] cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.לְחֶ֣םlechemfeastלְחֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “feast”, the ordinary formH3900{(for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)}feast.רַ֔בravcaptainרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH7229{abundant}captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִיleravrevanohito lordרַבְרְבָןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7261a magnatelord, prince.אֲלַ֑ףalafthousandאֲלַףadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH506{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}thousand.וְלָקֳבֵ֥לvelaqoveland to beforeקְבֵלconjunction, preposition, preposition — “and to before”H6903(adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence[phrase] according to, [phrase] as, [phrase] because, before, [phrase] for this cause, [phrase] forasmuch as, [phrase] by this means, over against, by reason of, [phrase] that, [phrase] therefore, [phrase] though, [phrase] wherefore.אַלְפָּ֖אalpathousandאֲלַףadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “thousand”, the definite formH506{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}thousand.חַמְרָ֥אchamrawineחֲמַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “wine”, the definite formH2562winewine.שָׁתֵֽהshatehdrinkשְׁתָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “drink”, a verb used as a describing wordH8355{to imbibe (literally or figuratively)}drink.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Young’s Literal Translation

Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

World English Bible

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Darby Translation

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.

Douay-Rheims

Baltasar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Baltasar the king made a great supper for his thousand nobles, and there was wine before the thousand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βαλτάσαρ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίησε δεῖπνον μέγα τοῖς μεγιστᾶσιν αὐτοῦ χιλίοις, καὶ κατέναντι τῶν χιλίων ὁ οἶνος,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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