Daniel 5:9:10Dan.5.9.W10TAB
מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃
mishtabshin
“were perplexed”
- Transliteration
- mish-tab-SHIN
- Extended
- mihsh-tab-SHEEN
- IPA
- /miʃ.tabˈʃiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- were perplexed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-tab-SHIN
- clause
ve-rav-re-va-NO-HI mish-tab-SHIN
- sentence
e-DA-yin mal-KA bel-sha-TSAR sag-GI mit-ba-HAL ve-zi-O-HI sha-NA-yin a-lo-HI ve-rav-re-va-NO-HI mish-tab-SHIN
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinated clause veravravanohi mishtabshin {וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין | wə-rab-rə-ḇā-nō-hî miš-tab-be-shin} uses Hitpael participle to portray the nobles’ collective perplexity. The English rendering preserves this sequence: temporal connector—subject—emotional reaction—visual transformation—collective response.
In context — Daniel 5:9
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his nobles were perplexed.
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 5:9, so the Hebrew word מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃ (mishtabshin) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Dan.5.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.9.W10.S1) and character.