Daniel · דָּנִיֵּאל

Daniel 5:11

אִיתַ֣י גְּבַ֣ר בְּמַלְכוּתָ֡ךְ דִּ֣י רוּחַ אֱלָהִ֣ין קַדִּישִׁ֣ין בֵּ֑הּ וּבְיֹֽומֵי֩ אֲב֨וּךְ נַהִ֜ירוּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֣וּ וְחָכְמָ֗ה כְּחָכְמַ֤ת אֱלָהִין֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֨א נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֤ר אֲבוּךְ֙ רַ֣ב חַרְטֻמִּ֔ין אָשְׁפִ֖ין כַּשְׂדָּאִ֣ין גָּזְרִ֑ין הֲקִ֣ימֵהּ אֲב֔וּךְ׃
ʾiytay gbar bmalkvtak diy rvḥa ʾelahiyn qadiyshiyn beh vbyovmey ʾabvk nahiyrv vshakltanv vḥakmah kḥakmat ʾelahiyn hishtkaḥat beh vmalkaʾ nbvkadneṣar ʾabvk rab ḥarṭumiyn ʾashpiyn kashdaʾiyn gazriyn haqiymeh ʾabvk
King James Version (KJV)

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Modern English

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

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