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bēlᵊʾšaṣṣar, bēlᵊšaʾṣar בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר ‘Belshazzar’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin, compare bēlᵊṭšaʾṣar בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר ‘Belteshazzar’

bēlᵊʾšaṣṣar, bēlᵊšaʾṣar pr n m pers
Belshazzar = "Bel protect the king"
1) king of Babylon at the time of its fall; he to whom Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall

Mentioned in Daniel 8:1

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