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# בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר

Biblical Aramaic

**Belteshazzar** — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Belteshazzar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5dc_5b0_5d8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d0_5e6_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5dc_5b0_5d8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d0_5e6_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Bab. name of Daniel (BH id., p. 117);—Dn 2:26; 4:5 + 6 times Dn; Βαλτασαρ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: O Belteshazzar (3); Belteshazzar (2); \[was\] Belteshazzar (2).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar there \[are\].you? able to make known.to.me the dream which I.saw and interpretation its

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'

[Daniel 4:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.5/#tree)

וְעַ֣ד אָחֳרֵ֡ין עַל֩ קָֽדָמַ֨י דָּנִיֵּ֜אל דִּֽי־שְׁמֵ֤הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ כְּשֻׁ֣ם אֱלָהִ֔י וְדִ֛י רֽוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין קַדִּישִׁ֖ין בֵּ֑הּ וְחֶלְמָ֖א קָֽדָמ֥וֹהִי אַמְרֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and until last he.came.in before me Daniel who name his \[is\].Belteshazzar like the.name of my.god and who a.spirit of.gods holy \[is\].in him and the dream before him I.said

*JPS 1917:* But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and I told the dream before him:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5dc_5b0_5d8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d0_5e6_5b7_5bc_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5dc_5b0_5d8_5b0_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d0_5e6_5b7_5bc_5e8/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).