Daniel 5:25

“And this is the writing that was written, etc.] They are such and such letters, and so to be read, as follows: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN; which are Chaldee words, and may be literally rendered, “he hath numbered, he hath numbered”; that is, God hath certainly, perfectly, and exactly numbered; “he hath weighed”, God hath weighed thee, Belshazzar; “and they divide the kingdom”; that is, the Medes and Persians, as appears from the following interpretation:”

“Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin--literally, "numbered, weighed, and dividers."”

“And this is the writing that was written - The Babylonians, it would seem, were unacquainted with the “characters” that were used, and of course unable to understand the meaning. See Daniel 5:8. The first thing, therefore, for Daniel to do was to read the writing, and this he was able to do without difficulty, probably, as already remarked, because it was in the ancient Hebrew character - a character quite familiar to him, though not known to the Babylonians, whom Belshazzar consulted. It is every way probable that that character “would” be used on an occasion like this, for (a) it is manifest that it was intended that the true God, the God of the Hebrews, should be made known, and this was…”

“5:25-28 Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin: These Aramaic units of measure are used on a balance to weigh quantities of goods being bought and sold. Belshazzar knew the words, but Daniel explained what they meant in this context. The God of Israel measures kings and kingdoms in the balances of justice and righteousness (cp. 4:27).”

“MENE: Had these words been written in the Chaldean character, every one who knew the alphabet of the language could at least have read them. they are pure Chaldee, and literally denote "He is numbered, he is numbered; he is weighed; they are divided." Dan 5:25 Daniel 5:26”