The popular phrase, “mene mene tekel upharsin” appears in the Holy Bible book of Daniel chapter 5, along with its translation. The phrase appeared on a wall in the palace of Belshazzar, the acting king of Babylon who is referred to as the son of Nebuchadnezzar Although, some translations spell upharsin as parsin, we shall however concern ourselves with -Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. We shall stop at that interpretation for now as language and translation is not the exclusive challenge of the under-represented…
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