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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
First word of
Belshazzar
’s warning
Entire, “
Mene
,” he is numbered; “
Tekel
,” he is weighed; “
Upharsin
,”
they
are divided (
Dan. 5:25-28
25
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. (Daniel 5:25‑28)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
words written on the wall at
Belshazzar
’s
feast
(
Dan. 5:25
25
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (Daniel 5:25)
).
There
are two things said of the king’s
wise
men:
they
could not
read
the
writing
, nor
make
known to the king its
interpretation
(
Dan. 5:8
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. (Daniel 5:8)
). Various suggestions
have
been made as to why the wise men could not
read
the writing. It may have been because the letters were the
ancient
Hebrew
characters, which, though known to
Daniel
, would be unknown to them. The words and their meanings stand thus (
peres
is the singular of
upharsin
which is plural):
MENE MENE
TEKEL
UPHARSIN.
numbered numbered weighed divided.
It will readily be seen that
even
if such a sentence had been read, its signification could not have been known apart from the
teaching
of
God
. Each word appears to have had a
hidden
meaning which was revealed to Daniel. Thus the
kingdom
was “numbered” and finished. As we say of a
person
, “his days are numbered.” The king had been “weighed” in the
balances
, and was
found wanting
, as none
can
come
up to
God’s
standard
. The kingdom was “divided,” and
given to
the
Medes
and
Persians
(Peres). Thus, as always, God alone can interpret
what
He has caused to be written. The prediction was fulfilled by the
city
and kingdom being taken that same
night
.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4484
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
mene’
Phonic:
men-ay’
Meaning:
(Aramaic) passive participle of
4483
; numbered
KJV Usage:
Mene
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
he has numbered
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Who is numbered:―first word of Belshazzar’s warning, Dan. 5:25. {Qui numeratur}
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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