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Belteshazzar
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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The name given to Daniel by the chief of the eunuchs (Daniel 1:7). The writer of the Book of Daniel sees in the first syllable the god Bel, but it is more probable that the name is to be explained as the Babylonian "balaá¹su [or "balaá¹ushu"]-uá¹£ur," "May [Bel] guard his life" (Schrader, "C. I. O. T." 2:125; compare Kohler, in "Zeit. für Assyriologie," 4:49). George Hoffmann, however, translates the name "May Belit guard the king" ("Zeit. für Assyriologie," 2:56).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Belteshazzar'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/belteshazzar.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Belteshazzar'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/belteshazzar.html. 1901.
