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MENE, MENE = NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for great emphasis. Chaldee. mene', mene' = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jer_27:7.
TEKEL = WEIGHED. Chaldee. tekel (compare Hebrew. shekel. App-51.)
UPPHARSIN = AND DIVIDED (or BROKEN). Chaldee. upharsin (the "u" being the conjunction = and), from Chaldee. paras = to break. See note on Dan_4:27. There is a further reference, by the Figure of speech Syllepsis (or combination), App-6, to the Persians, by whom the kingdom of Babylon was broken up.