mene mene tekel upharsin

English translation: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end

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Aramaic term or phrase:	mene mene tekel upharsin
English translation:	God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end
Entered by:	Thomas Bollmann

11:40 Aug 5, 2001

Aramaic to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Aramaic term or phrase: mene mene tekel upharsin

something from Scripture...in regard, I think, to Nebuchadnezzar.

Nick

God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end

Explanation:
It is from the Holy Bible, Daniel 5,25, Old Testament
the language is Aramaic,
the link below contains the complete Holy Bible in a lot of languages, there you can see the whole text

I hope it could help you

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Thomas Bollmann
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God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end

Thomas Bollmann

The numberer is numbered."

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God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end

Thomas Bollmann
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Local time: 08:52
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The numberer is numbered."

Explanation:
Some other interpretations:

1. Isaiah 65:11 and Christmas
... Belshazar and his festival gathering God pronounced, "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharisin" which means literally, "The numberer is numbered."

2.chp7
... was brought before the king and read the hand writing, Mene, mene, tekel, upharisin. The interpretation, Thou are weighed in the balances and art found wanting ...

Reference: http://www.hebroots.org/hebrootsarchive/9812/9812_h.html
Reference: http://www.homestead.com/tnghost1/chp7.html

Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Croatian

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