E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:20
mind = spirit. Chaldee. ruach . App-9 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:21
driven, &c . Compare Daniel 4:32 . wet = drenched. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:22
his son. See note on "father", Daniel 5:2 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:23
the Lord . Chaldee. mare. The equivalent for the Hebrew Adonai. App-4 . Compare Maran in " Maranatha " (1 Corinthians 16:22 ). which see not, &c . Compare Psalms 115:4-8 ; Psalms 135:15-17 . Isaiah 37:19 ; Isaiah 46:6 , Isaiah 46:7 . in Whose hand, &c. Compare Genesis 2:7 . Job 12:10 ; Job 34:14 , Job 34:15 .Psalms 104:29 . breath . Chaldee. nishma'. Same as Hebrew. neshamah. App-16 . and Whose, &c . Compare Job 31:4 .Psalms 139:3 .Proverbs 20:24 .Jeremiah 10:23 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:24
this writing . The Divine prophetic meaning could not be known or understood till interpreted by Daniel. written: or graven. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:25
MENE, MENE = NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for great emphasis. Chaldee. mene', mene ' = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jeremiah 27:7 . TEKEL = WEIGHED. Chaldee. tekel (compare Hebrew. shekel . App-51 .) UPPHARSIN = AND DIVIDED (or BROKEN). Chaldee. upharsin (the " u " being the conjunction = and), from Chaldee. paras = to break. See note on Daniel 4:27 . There is a further reference, by the Figure of speech Syllepsis (or combination), App-6 , to the ... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:28
made a proclamation . See note on "herald", Daniel 3:4 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:30
that night. Compare Daniel 5:1 . Belshazzar . See note on Daniel 5:2 . the Chaldeans . Here spoken of in the national sense, not of a special class. See note on Daniel 1:4 . slain . Either by the Persians, or it may have been by assassination by one of his own followers, or accidentally in the tumult. Chaldee. k etal, used of a violent death. Compare Daniel 5:19 . This was on the third of the month Marchesvan. On the eleventh, Belshazzar's wife died, perhaps from grief. See Encycl. Brit ,... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:31
Darius the Median . Through not noting the fact that "Darius" was an appellative denoting "the Maintainer", and used by Xerxes and others, modern critics have denied the existence of such a king. ASTYAGES was called "Darius". CYRUS (his son) was co-regent. His general GOBRYAS took the city in the name of CYRUS. See Isaiah 45:1 . Compare Jeremiah 51:30 , Jeremiah 51:31 . See notes there. Consult App-57 . took . Chaldee. k ebal = to take from another. Compare Daniel 7:18 . Not the same word as... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:19
people = peoples. whom he would, &c See note on "inferior" (Daniel 2:39 ). read more