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Daniel 5:2

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

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בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞רbeleshatsarBelshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּרnoun, proper name — “Belshazzar”H1113{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}Belshazzar.אֲמַ֣רamarsayאֲמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH560{to say (used with great latitude)}command, declare, say, speak, tell.בִּטְעֵ֣םbitemin feedטְעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in feed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2939to taste; causatively to feedmake to eat, feed.חַמְרָ֗אchamrawineחֲמַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “wine”, the definite formH2562winewine.לְהַיְתָיָה֙lehaytayahto comeאָתָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to come”, the to-form of the verbH858{to arrive}(be-) come, bring.לְמָאנֵי֙lemaneto vesselמָאןparticle, direct object marker, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to vessel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3984a utensilvessel.דַּהֲבָ֣אdahavagoldדְּהַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “gold”, the definite formH1722goldgold(-en).וְכַסְפָּ֔אvekhaspaand moneyכְּסַףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “and money”, the definite formH3702{silver (from its pale color); by implication, money}money, silver.דִּ֤יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.הַנְפֵּק֙hanpeqcome forthנְפַקverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “come forth”, a completed actionH5312to issue; causatively, to bring outcome (go, take) forth (out).נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רnevukhadnetsarNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnoun, proper name — “Nebuchadnezzar”H5020{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}Nebuchadnezzar.אֲב֔וּהִיavuhifatherאַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2{father}father.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.הֵיכְלָ֖אheykhlapalaceהֵיכַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “palace”, the definite formH1965{a large public building, such as a palace or temple}palace, temple.דִּ֣יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvirushelemin Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלֵםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jerusalem”H3390{Jerusalem}{Jerusalem}וְיִשְׁתּ֣וֹןveyishtonand drinkשְׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and drink”, an unfinished actionH8355{to imbibe (literally or figuratively)}drink.בְּה֗וֹןbehoninבְּה֗וֹןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inמַלְכָּא֙malkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.וְרַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִיveravrevanohiand lordרַבְרְבָןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7261a magnatelord, prince.שֵׁגְלָתֵ֖הּshegelatehwifeשֵׁגָלnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “wife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7695a (legitimate) queenwife.וּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּulechenatehand concubineלְחֵנָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and concubine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3904a concubineconcubine.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, might drink therein.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

Belshazzar hath said — while tasting the wine — to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

World English Bible

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

Darby Translation

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.

Douay-Rheims

And being now drunk he commanded that they should bring the vessels of gold and silver which Nabuchodonosor his father had brought away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, and his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Baltasar drinking gave orders as he tasted the wine that they should bring the gold and silver vessels, which Nabuchodonosor his father had brought forth from the temple in Jerusalem; that the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, should drink out of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ πίνων Βαλτάσαρ εἶπεν ἐν τῇ γεύσει τοῦ οἴνου, τοῦ ἐνεγκεῖν τὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ, καὶ πιέτωσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ παλλακαὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ παράκοιτοι αὐτοῦ.