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bēlᵊšaʾṣar בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר ‘Belshazzar’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: corresponding to bēlᵊʾšaṣṣar, bēlᵊšaʾṣar בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר ‘Belshazzar’
Roots: בלשׁאצר בלאשׁצר

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 5:2, 5:9, 5:29, 7:1, 5:1, 5:22, 5:30

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