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Graffiti in the Bible?
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Graffiti in the Bible?
Belshazzar was the prince of Babylon in the 6 century BC. He is mentioned several times in the Bible in the book of Daniel.
In chapter 5 in the book of Daniel, Belshazzar is having a feast. Belshazzar instructs his servants to bring the sacred vessels and the goblets of Solomon's Temple to use them in this celebration and also to drink from the goblets to praise their gods.
Suddenly a finger of a human hand appears and writes those words on the wall:
מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין
Daniel is called to the palace and Daniel explains the writing that God has numbered the king’s days.
Sigal Zohar
A Hebrew language, Literature and Creative Writing teacher with 19 years of experience in these fields, Sigal has a master's degree in literature from Haifa University. Sigal holds a teacher's certificate for teaching Hebrew from the Ministry of...
Daniel 5:5 בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה )נְפַקוּ] (נְפַ֙קָה֙[ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃
Daniel 5:5 Bah-ša`átâ (nüpaqû) [nüpaºqâ] ´ec•Bü`än Dî yad-´énäš wükä|t•bän loqóbël neb•raš•Tä´ `al-Gîrä´ Dî|-kütal hêk•lä´ Dî mal•Kä´ ûmal•Kä´ HäzË Pas yüdâ Dî kät•bâ
Daniel 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Daniel 5:2 וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃
Daniel 5:25 ûdünâ kütäbä´ Dî rüšîm münë´ münë´ Tüqël ûpar•sîn
Daniel 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.