Where does “בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר” come from?
בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (Biblical Hebrew) comes from Akkadian Bēl-šarra-uṣur, from Akkadian bēlum, from Proto-Semitic *baʕl- — husband, master, lord.
Ancestry of “בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akkadian | Bēl-šarra-uṣur | Belshazzar, son of the last king of Babylon |
| 2 | Akkadian | bēlum | lord |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | *baʕl- | husband, master, lord |