Lexicon
בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר
be.le.shats.tsar
H1112
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Belshazzar

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be.le.shats.tsar identifies the king whose third regnal year dates Daniel's vision in Daniel 8:1.

The attested use identifies the king whose third year of royalty provides the setting for Daniel's vision in Daniel 8:1.

Senses in use

  1. King named in the dating of Daniel's vision · dominant

    In Daniel 8:1, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the clause dating a vision to the third year of this king's royalty; the APB renders the setting as “In the third year of the royalty of Belshazzar the king.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 8:1, the APB presents the name in the dating clause as “Belshazzar the king.” The verse is read as a whole, but the clause clearly identifies the named king.

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