The writing was on the wall

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The writing was on the wall

The writing was on the wall

By metaphor: the outcome was clear from the beginning. It was a warning preceding the event. It had already appeared in the past as a sign of what was to come and required attention (according to the story in Daniel chapter 5, where during King Belshazzar's feast a hand appeared writing words on the wall, words that became clear as a prophecy which Daniel succeeded in understanding and thereby gained prominence).

("Then a man's finger was sent from before him, and this inscription was written: "From the beginning, from "You are weighed in the balances and found deficient, O Persia - your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians" - Daniel 5:21, and so on: "And Belshazzar sat on his throne, and his companions and his great men (the great men of his kingdom) were in the service, and God sent an angel, and in the place where they sat there came a hand out of the wall, and wrote on the wall: "O king! If you do this thing, you will lose your kingdom." - Treasurer of the Midrash (Eisenstein) Daniel, 98)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַכְּתֹבֶת הָיְתָה עַל הַקִּיר

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַתּוֹצָאָה הָיְתָה בְּרוּרָה מֵרֹאשׁ. הָיְתָה אַזְהָרָה שֶׁקָּדְמָה לָאֵרוּעַ. כְּבָר הוֹפִיעַ בֶּעָבָר סִימָן לַבָּאוֹת וְהָיָה צָרִיךְ לָשִׂים לֵב אֵלָיו (עַל פִּי הַמְּסֻפָּר בְּדָנִיֵּאל פֶּרֶק ה' וּלְפִיו בְּמִשְׁתֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר הוֹפִיעָה יָד שֶׁכָּתְבָה מִלִּים עַל הַקִּיר, מִלִּים שֶׁהִתְבָּרְרוּ כִּנְבוּאָה שֶׁאוֹתָהּ הִצְלִיחַ דָּנִיֵּאל לְהָבִין וְעַל כָּךְ הָעֳלָה לִגְדֻלָּה).

("נְפַקָה אֶצְבְּעָן דִּי יַד אֱנָשׁ וְכָתְבָן לָקֳבֵל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא עַל גִּירָא דִּי כְתַל הֵיכְלָא...ּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין (תַּרְגּוּם: אָז נִשְׁלְחָה מִלְּפָנָיו כַּף יָד וְהַכְּתָב הַזֶּה רָשׁוּם:"מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין". וְזֶה פֵּשֶׁר הַדָּבָר: מָנָא- מָנָה הָאֵל מַלְכוּתְךָ וְהִשְׁלִימָה, תָּקֵל- נִשְׁקֶלֶת בְּמֹאזְנַיִם וְנִמְצֵאת חָסֵר, פָּרַס- נִפְרְסָה מַלְכוּתְךָ וְנָתְנָה לְמַדַּי וּפָרַס)"- דָּנִיאֵל ה הַ -כַּד, וְכֵן:"וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל כִּסְאוֹ, וַיֵּשְׁתְּ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר עִם רֵעָיו וְרֶבְיוּ (רַבִּי מַלְכוּתוֹ) יַיִן בִּכְלֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, וַיִּשְׁלַח אֱלֹקִים מַלְאָךְ, וּבִמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יָשְׁבוּ שָׁם יָצְאָה יָד מֵהַחוֹמָה וְתִכְתֹּב עַל הַקִּיר: הַמֶּלֶךְ! יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲבֵדַת מַלְכוּתְךָ"- אוֹצַר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) דָּנִיֵּאל ,98)

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