H9005–/ל–l

And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.

וְלִקְצָ֣ת (לִ) li “to”לִשְׁמַיָּ֣א (לִ) li “to”וּלְעִלָּאָה֙ (לְ) le. “<obj.>”וּלְחַ֥י (לְ) le. “<obj.>”

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

לֵ֖הּ (לֵ֖) le “to”

At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me.

וְלִיקַ֨ר (לִ) li. “to”וְלִ֕י (לִ֕) L “<obj.>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (לְ) le. “<obj.>”לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי (לְ) le. “for”וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

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 wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

לְהַיְתָיָה֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְמָאנֵי֙ (לְ) le. “<obj.>”

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י (לֵֽ) le. “<obj.>”

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.

לָקֳבֵ֣ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

לְדָ֖א (לְ) le. “to”

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

לְהֶֽעָלָה֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְאָ֣שְׁפַיָּ֔א (לְ) le. “<obj.>”לְחַכִּימֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

לְמִקְרֵ֔א (לְ) le. “to”לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה (לְ) le. “to”לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ (לְ) le. “to”

[ergänzt: Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live forever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

לָקֳבֵ֨ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”לְעָלְמִ֣ין (לְ) le. “for”

forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

כָּל־ (ל) l- “to”

Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

לְדָנִיֵּ֗אל (לְ) le. “to”

And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

לְמִפְשַׁ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א (לְ) le. “to”לְמִקְרֵ֗א (לְ) le. “to”לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי (לְ) le. “to”

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

לָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) la “for”לְאָחֳרָ֣ן (לְ) le. “to”לְמַלְכָּ֔א (לְ) le. “to”

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר (לִ) li “to”

and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

לֵ֔הּ (לֵ֔) Le “to”

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

לַהֲזָדָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”

and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.

וּלְמַן־ (לְ) le. “to”

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,

כָּל־ (ל) l- “to”

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

וּלְמָֽאנַיָּ֨א (לְ) le. “<obj.>”וְלֵֽאלָהֵ֣י (לֵֽ) le. “<obj.>”וְלֵֽאלָהָ֞א (לֵֽ) le. “<obj.>”לֵ֖הּ (לֵ֖) le “[are] to”

PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

לְמָדַ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

לְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙ (לְ) le. “<obj.>”