mene mene tekel upharsinn.phr.

Brit.

/ˈmɛneɪ ˈmɛneɪ ˈtɛkl juːˈfɑːsɪn/,

/ˈmiːnɪ ˈmiːnɪ ˈtɛkl juːˈfɑːsɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɛneɪ ˈmɛneɪ ˈtɛk(ə)l juˈfɑrs(ə)n/,

/ˈmini ˈmini ˈtɛk(ə)l juˈfɑrs(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s– mene mene tekel upharsin, 1900s mene mene tekel eufarsen (irregular), 1900s mene mene tekel uparsin (irregular). Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Aramaic. Etymon: Aramaic mĕnē mĕnē tĕqēl ūp̲arsīn.

Etymology: < Aramaic mĕnē mĕnē tĕqēl ūp̲arsīn (Daniel 5:25) < mĕnē numbered, mina + tĕqēl weighed, shekel + ū- and + parsīn, plural of pĕrēs divided, Persia, half-mina, half-shekel. The phrase is an elaborate piece of wordplay, relying on the fact that each word can also denote a different coin, and the third word can also be interpreted as ‘Persia’.For earlier non-allusive uses of the phrase in an English context (with or without accompanying gloss) with direct reference to the story from the biblical Book of Daniel compare:1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel v. 74 And euen this is the wryting. Mene Mene, Thekel, Vpharsin: as miche to saye, as god hathe tolde vp and made an ende of thy kyngdome.1607 Times, Places, & Persons Holie Script. 205 The same houre whilst he was boasting of himselfe in the pride of his greatnesse, a peece of hand writeth on the wall where hee was banqueting, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Vpharsin.1780 Young Ladies Mag. 1 231 Belshazzar sent for Daniel, who very freely explained the writing to him. The words were mene mene, tekel, upharsin. Medieval citations followed contemporary texts of the Vulgate, in which the form of the phrase reflects Μανὴ , Θεκὲλ , Φάρες in the Septuagint; the following are examples:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxviii. 253 Þærrihte wearð gesewen swilce anes mannes hand writende on ðære healle wage, ætforan ðam cyninge, þas word: Mane, Thechel, Phares. ▸ c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3396 This hand, that Balthasar so soore agaste, Wroot Mane, techel, phares, and namoore. ▸ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. v. 25 Forsothe this is the wrytyng that is ordeyned, Mane, Techel, Phares.a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 9382 He redde hyt as he sate on þe des, ‘Mane techel fares.’c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 825 Mane techel phares writen on the walle, Taught hym plainly what wey he shuld goo. Compare also menetekel phr., menetekel n., mene mene tekel phr., mene mene tekel n. Punctuation between the words varies, usually according to whether they are perceived as items in a list or as forming a single grammatical phrase.

A. n.

An instance of the writing of ‘mene mene tekel upharsin’; (allusively) a sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen. Cf. the writing on the wall at writing n. Phrases 1a.

ΚΠ

1694 tr. Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. iv. iv. 248 Every Syllable of it, is Sacred and Mysterious, as the Mene Mene, Tekel Upharsin of Beltschatzar.

1850 C. Brontë Biogr. Notice E. Bell & A. Bell in E. Brontë Wuthering Heights (ed. 2) p. xii A true seer..who can accurately read the ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin’ of an original mind..and who can say with confidence, ‘This is the interpretation thereof’.

1925 D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away in Dial Aug. 124 In the..symbols on the heads of the..women she seemed to read once more the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin. Her kind of womanhood..was to be obliterated again.

B. phr.

The words written by a bodiless hand on the wall at Belshazzar's feast (as recounted in the biblical Book of Daniel). Also in extended use.Daniel's interpretation of the words is recounted in Daniel 5:26–8; the word tekel is rendered in English in the King James Bible as ‘thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting’, and this is sometimes taken as the meaning of the whole phrase.

ΚΠ

1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 559 The spectral letters ‘redistribution of seats’ operate as drastically as if they were Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.

1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle ii. 22 These people would refuse to pay any attention if Almighty God Himself walked into the dive and painted mene, mene tekel upharsin in pentecostal scarlet upon the ballroom floor.

1998 Scotsman 30 Dec. 15/1 Mene, mene tekel eufarsen [sic]... Companies House..is a mine of information, including the 1968 birth of ‘The Writing on the Wall Ltd’ and its pre-ordained (?) 1974 demise.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mene mene tekel upharsin
释义	mene mene tekel upharsinn.phr. Brit. /ˈmɛneɪ ˈmɛneɪ ˈtɛkl juːˈfɑːsɪn/, /ˈmiːnɪ ˈmiːnɪ ˈtɛkl juːˈfɑːsɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɛneɪ ˈmɛneɪ ˈtɛk(ə)l juˈfɑrs(ə)n/, /ˈmini ˈmini ˈtɛk(ə)l juˈfɑrs(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s– mene mene tekel upharsin, 1900s mene mene tekel eufarsen (irregular), 1900s mene mene tekel uparsin (irregular). Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Aramaic. Etymon: Aramaic mĕnē mĕnē tĕqēl ūp̲arsīn. Etymology: < Aramaic mĕnē mĕnē tĕqēl ūp̲arsīn (Daniel 5:25) < mĕnē numbered, mina + tĕqēl weighed, shekel + ū- and + parsīn, plural of pĕrēs divided, Persia, half-mina, half-shekel. The phrase is an elaborate piece of wordplay, relying on the fact that each word can also denote a different coin, and the third word can also be interpreted as ‘Persia’.For earlier non-allusive uses of the phrase in an English context (with or without accompanying gloss) with direct reference to the story from the biblical Book of Daniel compare:1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel v. 74 And euen this is the wryting. Mene Mene, Thekel, Vpharsin: as miche to saye, as god hathe tolde vp and made an ende of thy kyngdome.1607 Times, Places, & Persons Holie Script. 205 The same houre whilst he was boasting of himselfe in the pride of his greatnesse, a peece of hand writeth on the wall where hee was banqueting, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Vpharsin.1780 Young Ladies Mag. 1 231 Belshazzar sent for Daniel, who very freely explained the writing to him. The words were mene mene, tekel, upharsin. Medieval citations followed contemporary texts of the Vulgate, in which the form of the phrase reflects Μανὴ , Θεκὲλ , Φάρες in the Septuagint; the following are examples:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxviii. 253 Þærrihte wearð gesewen swilce anes mannes hand writende on ðære healle wage, ætforan ðam cyninge, þas word: Mane, Thechel, Phares. ▸ c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3396 This hand, that Balthasar so soore agaste, Wroot Mane, techel, phares, and namoore. ▸ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. v. 25 Forsothe this is the wrytyng that is ordeyned, Mane, Techel, Phares.a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 9382 He redde hyt as he sate on þe des, ‘Mane techel fares.’c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 825 Mane techel phares writen on the walle, Taught hym plainly what wey he shuld goo. Compare also menetekel phr., menetekel n., mene mene tekel phr., mene mene tekel n. Punctuation between the words varies, usually according to whether they are perceived as items in a list or as forming a single grammatical phrase. A. n. An instance of the writing of ‘mene mene tekel upharsin’; (allusively) a sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen. Cf. the writing on the wall at writing n. Phrases 1a. ΚΠ 1694 tr. Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. iv. iv. 248 Every Syllable of it, is Sacred and Mysterious, as the Mene Mene, Tekel Upharsin of Beltschatzar. 1850 C. Brontë Biogr. Notice E. Bell & A. Bell in E. Brontë Wuthering Heights (ed. 2) p. xii A true seer..who can accurately read the ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin’ of an original mind..and who can say with confidence, ‘This is the interpretation thereof’. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away in Dial Aug. 124 In the..symbols on the heads of the..women she seemed to read once more the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin. Her kind of womanhood..was to be obliterated again. B. phr. The words written by a bodiless hand on the wall at Belshazzar's feast (as recounted in the biblical Book of Daniel). Also in extended use.Daniel's interpretation of the words is recounted in Daniel 5:26–8; the word tekel is rendered in English in the King James Bible as ‘thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting’, and this is sometimes taken as the meaning of the whole phrase. ΚΠ 1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 559 The spectral letters ‘redistribution of seats’ operate as drastically as if they were Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin. 1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle ii. 22 These people would refuse to pay any attention if Almighty God Himself walked into the dive and painted mene, mene tekel upharsin in pentecostal scarlet upon the ballroom floor. 1998 Scotsman 30 Dec. 15/1 Mene, mene tekel eufarsen [sic]... Companies House..is a mine of information, including the 1968 birth of ‘The Writing on the Wall Ltd’ and its pre-ordained (?) 1974 demise. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.phr.1694
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