## Rashi on Daniel Chapter 5

###### Rashi on Daniel 5:1:1
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**בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר מַלְכָּא.** בְּנוֹ הָיָה, וּמָלַךְ לְאַחַר אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ שֶׁמָּלַךְ תַּחַת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, וְגַם (הוּא) הָיָה בְּנוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**King Belshazzar** He was his son, and he reigned after Evil-merodach, who reigned instead of Nebuchadnezzar, and (he) too was the son of Nebuchadnezzar.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:1:2
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**עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב.** עָשָׂה סְעוּדָּה גְּדוֹלָה. מָצִינוּ בְּסֵפֶר יוֹסִיפוֹן שֶׁנִּלְחַם בַּיּוֹם עִם דָּרְיָוֶשׁ הַמָּדִי וְכוֹרֶשׁ וְנִצַּח הַמִּלְחָמָה, וְלָעֶרֶב עָשָׂה מִשְׁתֶּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּבָּא עָלָיו יְשַׁעְיָה ״עָרוֹךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן צָפֹה הַצָּפִית אָכוֹל שָׁתֹה קוּמוּ הַשָּׂרִים וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיה כא:ה) שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַמִּשְׁתֶּה חָזְרוּ אוֹיְבָיו וְנִלְחֲמוּ עַל הָעִיר וּלְכָדוּהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**made a great feast** We find in Josephon (Book 1, ch. 3) that he waged war by day with Darius the Mede and Cyrus and was victorious in the battle. So in the evening he made a feast, as Isaiah had prophesied about him: (21: 5) “Setting the table, setting up the lamp, eating, drinking. ‘Arise, princes, etc.’” For in the midst of the feast the enemies returned, waged war on the city and captured it.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:1:3
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**וּלְקָבֵל אַלְפָּא חַמְרָא.** כְּנֶגֶד אֶלֶף אִישׁ הָיָה שׁוֹתֶה יַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as much wine as the thousand** The equivalent of one thousand men [was the amount] he was drinking [in] wine.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:2:1
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**אָמַר בְּטַעַם חַמְרָא.** אָמַר בַּעֲצַת הַיַּיִן שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּכֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**said, with the counsel of the wine** He said with the counsel of the wine that he had imbibed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:2:2
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**לְהַיְתָיָה.** לְהָבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to bring** [as translated,] to bring.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:2:3
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**דִּי הַנְפֵּק.** שֶׁהוֹצִיא׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that...had taken out** [as translated,] had taken out.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:2:4
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**שֵׁגְלָתָהּ.** לְשׁוֹן מַלְכָּא בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרָמִי, כְּמוֹ ״וְהַשֵּׁגַל יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ״ (נחמיה ב:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his queen** Aram. שֵּׁגְלָתֵה, an expression of a queen in Aramaic, like: (Neh. 2:6): “and the queen (וְהַשֵׁגָל) was sitting beside him.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:3:1
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**הַיְתִיו.** הוּבָאוּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were brought** [as translated,] were brought.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:3:2
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**דִּי הַנְפִּקוּ.** שֶׁהוֹצִיאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that they had taken out** [as translated,] that they had taken out.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:5:1
[Rashi on Daniel 5:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/5:5:1)

**נָפְקוּ: אֶצְבְּעָן.** יָצְאוּ אֶצְבְּעוֹת יַד אָדָם מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fingers...emerged** The fingers of a human hand emerged from heaven.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:5:2
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**לָקֳבֵל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא.** לְמוּל הַמְּנוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי הַשֻּׁלְחָן, וְדֻגְמָתוֹ בְּמַסֶּכֶת יוֹמָא: עָשְׂתָה נִבְרֶשֶׁת שֶׁל זָהָב (יומא לז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**opposite the candelabrum** opposite the menorah that was before the table, and a similar word appears (in Tractate Yoma 37a): “made a candelabrum (נִבְרֶשֶׁת) of gold.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:5:3
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**עַל גִּירָא.** עַל סִיד טִיחַ כּוֹתֶל הַבַּיִת, כְּמוֹ (ישעיהו כז:ט) ״כְּאַבְנֵי גִר מְנֻפָּצוֹת״, וְהוּא דּוֹמֶה לְסִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the plaster** on the lime that is plastered on the wall, like (Isa. 27:9): “like crushed chalkstones (אַבְנֵי גֵר),” which resemble lime.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:1
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**זִיוֹהִי שְׁנוֹהִי.** תָּאֳרָיו נִשְׁתַּנּוּ עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his color changed** His features changed upon him.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:2
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**וְרַעְיוֹנוֹהִי.** מַחְשְׁבוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his thoughts** [as translated,] and his thoughts.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:3
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**וְקִטְרֵי חַרְצֵהּ מִשְׁתָּרַיִן.** אֵזוֹר חֲלָצָיו נִפְתָּח, שֶׁהָיוּ מָתְנָיו מִתְרוֹקְנִין מֵחֲמַת הַיִּרְאָה וַחֲגוֹרוֹ נִפְתָּח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the belts of his loins became untied** The belts of his loins opened because his loins were emptying out of fear, and his belt opened.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:4
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**וְקִטְרֵי חַרְצֵהּ מִשְׁתָּרַיִן.** נִתְרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the belts of his loins became untied** were untied.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:5
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**וְאַרְכֻבָּתֵהּ.** וּבִרְכָּיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his knees** [as translated,] and his knees.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:6:6
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**דָּא לְדָא נָקְשָׁן.** מַקִּישׁוֹת וְדוֹפְקוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**knocked one against the other** bumped and knocked.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:1
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**בְּחַיִל.** בְּכֹחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**aloud** Aram. בְּחַיִל, lit. with strength.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:2
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**לְהַעֲלֹה.** לְהַכְנִיס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to bring in** [as translated,] to bring in.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:3
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**כְּתָבָה דְנָה.** מִכְתָּב זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this writing** [as translated,] this writing.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:4
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**אַרְגְּוָנָא יִלְבַּשׁ.** כְּמִשְׁפַּט הַפַּרְתְּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall wear purple** following the custom of the nobles.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:5
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**וְהַמְנִיכָא.** רְבִיד עֲנָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**chain** Aram. וְהַמְנִיכָא, medallion, necklace.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:7:6
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**וְתַלְתִּי בְמַלְכוּתָא יִשְׁלַט.** בִּשְׁלִישׁ הַמַּלְכוּת יִמְשׁוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and rule over over a third of the kingdom** [as translated,] and rule over a third of the kingdom.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:8:1
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**עָלִין.** נִכְנָסִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**entered** [as translated,] entered.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:9:1
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**שַׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל.** הַרְבֵּה מִתְפַּחֵד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**became very frightened** Aram. שַּׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל, extremely frightened.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:9:2
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**מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁין.** נֶחְפָּזִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were perplexed** They were confused.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:10:1
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**מַלְכְּתָא לָקֳבֵל מִלֵּי מַלְכָּא.** הַמַּלְכָּה כְּלַפֵּי שֶׁשָּׁמְעָה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְשָׂרָיו לְבֵית הַמִּשְׁתֶּה בָּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The queen, in response to the words of the king** The queen, because she heard the words of the king and his princes, came to the banquet hall.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:11:1
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**אִיתַי גְּבַר.** יֵשׁ אָדָם בְּמַלְכוּתְךָ אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ קְדוֹשִׁים בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is a man** There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy ones.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:11:2
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**כְּחָכְמַת אֱלָהִין.** מַלְאָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the wisdom of the angels** [as translated,] angels.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:11:3
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**הֲקִימֵהוּ.** מִנָּהוּ שַׂר עַל כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**appointed him** He appointed him prince over them all.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:12:1
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**כָּל קֳבֵל וְגוֹ׳.** כְּלַפֵּי אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ יְתֵירָה וְדַעַת הַשֵּׂכֶל יֵשׁ בּוֹ, וְהַגָּדַת חִידוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All because, etc.** because a superior spirit, knowledge and understanding are within him, and the talent to tell riddles.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:12:2
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**וּמְשָׁרֵא קִטְרִין.** סָתוּם כָּל סֵתֶר נִמְצָא בוֹ בְּדָנִיֵּאל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and untie knots** The revelation of all secrets is found in Daniel.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:16:1
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**תָּכוֹל.** אִם תּוּכַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now if you can** [as translated,] Now if you can.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:17:1
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**וּנְבִזְבְּיָתָךְ.** דּוֹרְנוֹתָךְ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and give your lavish gifts** [as translated,] and give your lavish gifts.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:17:2
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**לְאָחֳרָן הַב.** לְאַחֵר תֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**give to someone else** give to another person.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:19:1
[Rashi on Daniel 5:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/5:19:1)

**דִּי הֲוָה צָבֵא.** לְמִי שֶׁהָיָה חָפֵץ:


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:19:2
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**הֲוָה מַחֵא.** מְחַיֵּיהּ:


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:20:1
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**וּכְדִי רָם לִבְבֵיהּ.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר רָם לְבָבוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and when his heart became haughty** [as translated,] and when his heart became haughty.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:20:2
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**לְהָזָדָה.** לְהַרְשִׁיעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that he dealt wickedly** [as translated,] so that he dealt wickedly.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:20:3
[Rashi on Daniel 5:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/5:20:3)

**הִנַּחְתָּ.** הוֹרִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he was deposed** Aram. הָנְחַת, lit. he took him down.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:20:4
[Rashi on Daniel 5:20:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/5:20:4)

**הֶעְדִּיוּ מִינָּהּ.** הֵסִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was removed from him.** Aram. הֶעְדִּיו, He removed from him.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:21:1
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**טָרִיד.** נִגְרָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was banished** Aram. טְרִיד was driven away.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:22:1
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**כָּל קֳבֵל דִּי כָל דְּנָה יְדַעְתָּ.** כָּל עוּמַת אֲשֶׁר כָּל זֶה יָדַעְתָּ שֶׁאֵרַע לְאָבִיךָ, וְהָיָה לְךָ לִהְיוֹת יָרֵא מִלִּפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in view of the fact that you know all this** in view of the fact that you know all this that befell your father, and you should have feared the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:24:1
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**שְׁלִיחַ פַּסָּא דִּי יְדָא.** נִשְׁלַח כַּף יָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the palm of a hand was sent forth** [as translated,] the palm of a hand was sent forth.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:24:2
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**וּכְתָבָא דְנָה רְשִׁים.** וְזֶה הַמִּכְתָּב אֲשֶׁר חָקַק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it inscribed this writing** and this is the writing that it inscribed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:26:1
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**מְנֵא מְנָא.** מְנָה אֱלָהָא, כְּלוֹמַר **מְנָא** זֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ **מְנָה אֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**MENE God has counted** i.e., MENE means that God has counted your kingdom.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:26:2
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**וְהַשְׁלְמָה.** חָשַׁב קֵץ שֶׁנִּפְסַק מַלְכוּת שֶׁל אָבִיךָ וְזַרְעוֹ וּמָצָא שֶׁכְּבָר הֻשְׁלְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and has brought it to an end** He calculated the end of the allotted time for the kingdom of your father and his seed, and found that it has already been completed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:27:1
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**תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּא בְמֹאזַנְיָא.** תְּקֵל זֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: נִשְׁקַלְתָּ לְפָנָיו בְּמֹאזְנַיִם וְנִמְצֵאתָ חָסֵר מִכָּל צְדָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**TEKEIL You were weighed on the scales** TEKEIL means that you were weighed on the scales and found wanting of all righteousness.


###### Rashi on Daniel 5:28:1
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**פְּרֵס פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ וְגוֹ׳.** כְּלוֹמַר: ״וּפַרְסִין״ מַשְׁמַע שְׁנֵי פְרָסִין, הָאֶחָד: פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ, נִשְׁתַּבְּרָה מַלְכוּתְךָ, וְהַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לְמָדַי וּפָרָס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your kingdom has been broken up, etc.** i.e., UFARSIN means two definitions of PEREIS; one is that your kingdom פְּרִיסַת, your kingdom has been broken up, and the second one is that it has been given to Media and Persia (וּפָּרַס).