H9005–/ל–l

`And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion `is' a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;

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

and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

לֵ֖הּ (לֵ֖) le “to”

`At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been added to me.

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

`Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works `are' truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

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

Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

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

Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

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

they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י (לֵֽ) le. “<obj.>”

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;

לָקֳבֵ֣ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

then the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

לְדָ֖א (לְ) le. “to”

Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold `is' on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.'

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

Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

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

The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, to the banquet-house hath come up. Answered hath the queen, and said, `O king, to the ages live; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor thy countenance be changed:

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

because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.'

כָּל־ (ל) l- “to”

Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who `art' of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

לְדָנִיֵּ֗אל (לְ) le. “to”

`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:

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

and I -- I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo -- thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know -- purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold `is' on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.'

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

Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

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

thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר (לִ) li “to”

and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

לֵ֔הּ (לֵ֔) Le “to”

and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

לַהֲזָדָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”

and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses `is' his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.

וּלְמַן־ (לְ) le. “to”

`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

כָּל־ (ל) l- “to”

and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand `is' thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

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

Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'

לְמָדַ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold `is' on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

לְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙ (לְ) le. “<obj.>”