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Where does “mene mene tekel upharsin” come from?

mene mene tekel upharsin (English) comes from Aramaic מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין — a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels.

Ancestry of “mene mene tekel upharsin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicמְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִיןa mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels
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