See בבל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "Tanach, Daniel [[s:he:T3404#ד_כו|4:26]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
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"text": "לִקְצָת יַרְחִין תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא דִּי בָבֶל מְהַלֵּךְ הֲוָה׃",
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