Daniel 5:25-26

¹ tc The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the repetition of מְנֵא (mÿne’, cf. NAB).

² tc The Aramaic word is plural. Theodotion has the singular (cf. NAB “PERES”).

³ tn Or “word” or “event.” See HALOT 1915 s.v. מִלָּה.

⁴ tn The Aramaic term מְנֵא (mÿne’) is a noun referring to a measure of weight. The linkage here to the verb “to number” (Aram. מְנָה, mÿnah) is a case of paronomasia rather than strict etymology. So also with תְּקֵל (tÿqel) and פַרְסִין (farsin). In the latter case there is an obvious wordplay with the name “Persian.”