The Meaning of Daniel 5:26 Explained

Daniel 5:26

KJV: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

YLT: This is the interpretation of the thing: Numbered -- God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

Darby: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;

ASV: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 5:26?

MEANING: What does Daniel 5:26 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 5:26 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Daniel 5:26?

What is the context of Daniel 5:26?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

What does Daniel 5:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Daniel 5:17-31 - Weighed And Found Wanting

Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed may decipher a scroll which is illegible to the ordinary gaze. What to him were the gewgaws of the palace? With the wings of the angel of death overshadowing that awe-struck throng, it was of small importance that Belshazzar promised him the purple robe and chain of gold. It seems sometimes as though those fingers were busy still writing their awful sentence on the walls of national revelry. While a nation is drinking deep at its cups and countenancing uncleanness, the divine assay may be in progress and the verdict going forth: weighed and found wanting. There may be gold and glitter, revelry and mirth, the splendor of state, and the profusion of rich viands; but what of these if the people are ignorant, irreligious, and impure? Then, indeed, dry-rot has set in! The root sin of all is pride. May the Spirit of God, who ever brings with Him light and understanding and excellent wisdom be found in us, as in Daniel. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 5

¹ Belshazzar's impious feast
⁵ A hand-writing unknown to the magicians, troubles the king
¹⁰ At the commendation of the queen Daniel is brought
¹⁷ He, reproving the king of pride and idolatry,
²⁵ reads and interprets the writing
³⁰ The monarchy is translated to the Medes

What do the individual words in Daniel 5:26 mean?

This [is] the interpretation of [each] word MENE has numbered God your kingdom and finished it

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־ מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־ אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ

דְּנָ֖ה	This [is]
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular Root: דְּנָה Sense: this, on account of this adv.
פְּשַֽׁר־	the interpretation
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: פְּשַׁר Sense: interpretation (of dream).
מִלְּתָ֑א	of [each] word
Parse: Noun, feminine singular determinate Root: מִלָּה Sense: word, thing.
מְנֵ֕א	MENE
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מְנֵא Sense: (P’al) mina, maneh.
מְנָֽה־	has numbered
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: מְנָה Sense: to number, reckon.
אֱלָהָ֥א	God
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate Root: אֱלָהּ Sense: god, God.
מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ	your kingdom
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: מַלְכוּ Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom.
וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ	and finished it
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular Root: שְׁלִם Sense: to be complete, be finished, be sound.

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