2:9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared 1 and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. 2 The king was watching the back 3 of the hand that was writing.
1 tn Aram “came forth.”
2 sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.
3 tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.
4 tn Heb “Behold.”
5 tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”
6 tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.