4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its 4 interpretation, for none of the wise men in 5 my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
1 tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”
2 tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.
3 sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.
4 tc The present translation reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Aram “of.”