--- title: Daniel 2:16 — Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, that he might declare unto the king the interpretation. Who acts: Daniel, king. Daniel 2:16 in Biblical Aramaic with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/2/) / 2:16 # Daniel 2:16 דָּנִיֵּאל **Who acts:** Daniel, king · **What happens:** go in, desire, give, declare · **To what, where:** man, interpretation, king This is Daniel 2:16 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). The page gives the verse in Biblical Aramaic as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Aramaic — and its pragmatics: who acts — Daniel, king — and what happens in the verse to man, interpretation, king, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 12 chapters of Daniel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל עַ֖ל וּבְעָ֣ה מִן־מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֚י זְמָ֣ן יִנְתֵּן־לֵ֔הּ וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃פ [Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, that he might declare unto the king the interpretation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.37/) ## The tree {#tree} This verse is in Biblical Aramaic, as the book has it here; its tree is MACULA's Aramaic tree. Right to left, as it is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc-arc:DAN:12 # text = וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל עַ֖ל וּבְעָ֣ה מִן־מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֚י זְמָ֣ן יִנְתֵּן־לֵ֔הּ וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃פ # verse = DAN.2.16 1-2 וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:16!1|MId=o270020160011|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 2 דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל דָּנִיֵּאל PROPN _ _ 3 nsubj _ Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_2:16!1|MId=o270020160012|Strong=1841|Lang=arc 3 עַ֖ל עֲלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.went.in|Ref=DAN_2:16!2|MId=o270020160021|Strong=5954|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020160012;|Type=qatal 4-5 וּבְעָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:16!3|MId=o270020160031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 5 בְעָ֣ה בעה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.asked|Ref=DAN_2:16!3|MId=o270020160032|Strong=1156|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020160012;A1:270020160081;270020160112;|Type=qatal 6 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DAN_2:16!4|MId=o270020160041|Strong=4481|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 מַלְכָּ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:16!5|MId=o270020160051|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 8 ָ֑א א DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:16!5|MId=o270020160052|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 9 דִּ֚י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=(diy).that|Ref=DAN_2:16!6|MId=o270020160061|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative 10 זְמָ֣ן זְמַן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=time|Ref=DAN_2:16!7|MId=o270020160071|Strong=2166|Lang=arc 11 יִנְתֵּן־ נְתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.will.give|Ref=DAN_2:16!8|MId=o270020160081|Strong=5415|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020160051;A1:270020160071;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 לֵ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 ל לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:16!9|MId=o270020160091|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 13 ֵ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DAN_2:16!9|MId=o270020160092|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 14-16 וּפִשְׁרָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:16!10|MId=o270020160101|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 15 פִשְׁר פְּשַׁר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:16!10|MId=o270020160102|Strong=6591|Lang=arc 16 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=interpretation|Ref=DAN_2:16!10|MId=o270020160103|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 17-18 לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:16!11|MId=o270020160111|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 18 הַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה חֲוָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 11 conj _ Gloss=declare|Ref=DAN_2:16!11|MId=o270020160112|Strong=2324|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020160012;A1:270020160102;|Type=infinitive_construct 19-21 לְמַלְכָּֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:16!12|MId=o270020160121|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 20 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:16!12|MId=o270020160122|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 21 ָֽא א DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:16!12|MId=o270020160123|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:16!12|SpaceAfter=No 23 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:16!12 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עַל *he went in* | qatal · peal | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | | | | | בְעָה *he asked* | qatal · peal | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | יִנְתֵּן־ *he will give* + הַֽחֲוָיָה *declare* | | | | יִנְתֵּן־ *he will give* | yiqtol · peal | מַלְכּ *the* | זְמָן *time* | | | | הַֽחֲוָיָה *declare* | infinitive construct · haphel | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | פִשְׁר *the* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, that he might declare unto the king the interpretation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.37/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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