H2627 H2627
lacking, wanting, deficient, found wanting
This Aramaic adjective means 'lacking' or 'deficient,' appearing in Daniel's interpretation of the handwriting on the wall. Daniel 5:27 pronounces judgment on Belshazzar: 'You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.' The term captures the divine verdict that the king's life and reign fall short of the required standard. It's the participial form of the Aramaic equivalent to Hebrew חָסֵר (be lacking).
Senses
1. sense 1 — Daniel 5:27 delivers the devastating verdict: 'TEKEL—you have been weighed in the balances and found lacking.' The multilingual glosses (English 'lacking,' Spanish 'falto,' French 'incomplet') all convey deficiency or inadequacy. The metaphor is judicial—God has measured Belshazzar's moral and spiritual weight and found it wanting. That very night, the prophecy is fulfilled and Belshazzar is killed. The term crystallizes the moment of divine judgment when a life is assessed and found deficient. 1×
AR["نَاقِصًا"]·ben["অভাবী"]·DE["[חסיר]"]·EN["lacking"]·FR["incomplet"]·heb["חסר"]·HI["कमतर"]·ID["kurang"]·IT["[חסיר]"]·jav["kirang"]·KO["부족하게"]·PT["deficiente"]·RU["недостаточным"]·ES["falto"]·SW["umepunguka"]·TR["eksik"]·urd["کم-وزن"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חַסִּר adj. lacking, wanting, deficient (cf. BH חָסֵר);—ח׳ Dn 5:27.