Mene mene tekel parsin
by SixofNine 5 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Cygnus
In the old and now defucnt JW yahoo chat as part of goofing around I used to say MEANIE MEANIE TICKLE PERSONS..... a precious few got the joke
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Scully
he can play the guitar with his feet? now *that's* talent!
heh heh
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hibiscusfire
Daniel 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
The writing on the wall ...
26 "This is what these words mean:
Mene [f] : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel [g] : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres [h] : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."The times of Esther the Queen.
Hibie
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Ténébreux
I always used to wonder what kind of oddball language would have a single word for "Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians". So many people must have been going around on a daily basis telling each other that their kingdoms had been divided and given to the Medes and Persians that someone said "You know, we really need a special word for this..."
(Yeah I know, the words just mean "counted, weighed, divided" in Aramaic.)
