Daniel 5:5
Strong's Lexicon
At
בַּהּ־ (bah-)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

that moment
שַׁעֲתָ֗ה (ša·‘ă·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 8160: 1) brief time, moment

the fingers
אֶצְבְּעָן֙ (’eṣ·bə·‘ān)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 677: 1) finger, toe

of
דִּ֣י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

a human
אֱנָ֔שׁ (’ĕ·nāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 606: 1) man, human being 2) mankind (collective)

hand
יַד־ (yaḏ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3028: 1) hand 2) power (fig.)

appeared
(נְפַ֙קָה֙) (nə·p̄a·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5312: 1) to go or come out, bring or come forth 1a) (P'al) to go out or forth 1b) (Aphel) to bring forth

and wrote
וְכָֽתְבָן֙ (wə·ḵā·ṯə·ḇān)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3790: 1) to write 1a) (P'al) to write, to be written

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against 1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of 1b) over (with verbs of ruling) 1c) above, beyond (in comparison) 1d) to, against (of direction)

the plaster
גִּירָ֕א (gî·rā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1528: 1) chalk, plaster

of
דִּֽי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

the wall,
כְתַ֥ל (ḵə·ṯal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3797: 1) a wall

near
לָקֳבֵ֣ל (lā·qo·ḇêl)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 6903: subst 1) front prep 2) in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore conj 3) because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before adv 4) accordingly, then

the lampstand
נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א (neḇ·raš·tā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 5043: 1) lamp stand, candlestick 1a) not the 7 branch candlestick of the temple

in
דִּ֣י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

the royal
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

palace.
הֵיכְלָ֖א (hê·ḵə·lā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1965: 1) palace, temple 1a) palace 1b) temple (in Jerusalem) 1c) temple (pagan)

As the king
וּמַלְכָּ֣א (ū·mal·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

watched
חָזֵ֔ה (ḥā·zêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2370: 1) to see, behold 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, behold, witness 1a3) to behold (in a dream or vision) 1a4) customary, seemly (passive)

the hand
פַּ֥ס (pas)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6447: 1) palm of the hand

יְדָ֖ה (yə·ḏāh)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3028: 1) hand 2) power (fig.)

that
דִּ֥י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

was writing,
כָתְבָֽה׃ (ḵā·ṯə·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3790: 1) to write 1a) (P'al) to write, to be written

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

New American Standard Bible
Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.

King James Bible
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

New Living Translation
Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king's palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote,

English Standard Version
Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.

New American Standard Bible
Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.

King James Bible
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that moment the fingers of a man's hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king's palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

International Standard Version
At that moment, humanlike fingers of a hand appeared near the lamp stand of the royal palace and wrote on the plaster of the wall.

NET Bible
At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. The king was watching the back of the hand that was writing.

American Standard Version
In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

English Revised Version
In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Young's Literal Translation
In that hour come forth have fingers of a man's hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;
















Cross References
Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Daniel 5:24
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 5:3
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

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.

Daniel 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:8
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
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