and they divide, one of the words written by the mysterious hand on the wall of Belshazzar's palace ( Daniel 5:25 ). It is a pure Chaldean word. "Peres" is only a simple form of the same word.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.