The Meaning of Daniel 5:28 Explained

Daniel 5:28

KJV: PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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

Darby: PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 5:28?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 5:28 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Daniel 5:28 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 5:28 mean?

PERES has been divided Your kingdom and given to the Mede and Persian
פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לְמָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס

פְּרֵ֑ס  PERES 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרַס 
Sense: (P’al) to break in two, divide.
פְּרִיסַת֙  has  been  divided 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: פְּרַס 
Sense: (P’al) to break in two, divide.
מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ  Your  kingdom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַלְכוּ  
Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom.
וִיהִיבַ֖ת  and  given 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יְהַב  
Sense: to give, provide.
לְמָדַ֥י  to  the  Mede 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָדַי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Media.
וּפָרָֽס  and  Persian 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פָּרַס  
Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south.

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