--- title: Daniel 2:18 — that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secre… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Who acts: Daniel. Daniel 2:18 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.2.18/) [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/) / 2:18 # Daniel 2:18 דָּנִיֵּאל **Who acts:** Daniel · **What happens:** ask, not perish · **To what, where:** mercy This is Daniel 2:18 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 — and what happens in the verse to mercy, 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. וְרַחֲמִ֗ין לְמִבְעֵא֙ מִן־קֳדָם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א עַל־רָזָ֖ה דְּנָ֑ה דִּ֣י לָ֤א יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי עִם־שְׁאָ֖ר חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃ [that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.39/) ## 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:14 # text = וְרַחֲמִ֗ין לְמִבְעֵא֙ מִן־קֳדָם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א עַל־רָזָ֖ה דְּנָ֑ה דִּ֣י לָ֤א יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי עִם־שְׁאָ֖ר חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃ # verse = DAN.2.18 1-2 וְרַחֲמִ֗ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:18!1|MId=o270020180011|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 2 רַחֲמִ֗ין רַחֲמִין NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 obj _ Gloss=compassion(s)|Ref=DAN_2:18!1|MId=o270020180012|Strong=7359|Lang=arc 3-4 לְמִבְעֵא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:18!2|MId=o270020180021|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 4 מִבְעֵא֙ בעה VERB _ HebBinyan=PEAL 0 root _ Gloss=ask|Ref=DAN_2:18!2|MId=o270020180022|Strong=1156|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020170053;270020170061;270020170072;A1:270020180012;|Type=infinitive_construct 5 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DAN_2:18!3|MId=o270020180031|Strong=4481|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 6 קֳדָם֙ קֳדָם ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=DAN_2:18!4|MId=o270020180041|Strong=6925|Lang=arc 7 אֱלָ֣הּ אֱלָהּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=DAN_2:18!5|MId=o270020180051|Strong=0426|Lang=arc 8-9 שְׁמַיָּ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 שְׁמַיּ שָׁמַיִן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_2:18!6|MId=o270020180061|Strong=8065|Lang=arc 9 ָ֔א א DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=DAN_2:18!6|MId=o270020180062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=concerning|Ref=DAN_2:18!7|MId=o270020180071|Strong=5922|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 רָזָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 רָז רָז NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:18!8|MId=o270020180081|Strong=7328|Lang=arc 12 ָ֖ה ה DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=secret|Ref=DAN_2:18!8|MId=o270020180082|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 13 דְּנָ֑ה דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=DAN_2:18!9|MId=o270020180091|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 14 דִּ֣י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_2:18!10|MId=o270020180101|Strong=1768|Lang=arc 15 לָ֤א לָא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_2:18!11|MId=o270020180111|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 16 יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ אֲבַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HAPHEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.destroy|Ref=DAN_2:18!12|MId=o270020180121|Strong=0007|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:;A1:270020180131;270020180142;|Type=yiqtol 17 דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דָּנִיֵּאל PROPN _ _ 16 obj _ Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_2:18!13|MId=o270020180131|Strong=1841|Lang=arc 18-20 וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:18!14|MId=o270020180141|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 19 חַבְר֔וֹ חֲבַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 conj _ Gloss=companions|Ref=DAN_2:18!14|MId=o270020180142|Strong=2269|Lang=arc 20 הִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DAN_2:18!14|MId=o270020180143|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 21 עִם־ עִם ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=DAN_2:18!15|MId=o270020180151|Strong=5974|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 22 שְׁאָ֖ר שְׁאָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=the.rest|Ref=DAN_2:18!16|MId=o270020180161|Strong=7606|Lang=arc 23 חַכִּימֵ֥י חַכִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.wise.men|Ref=DAN_2:18!17|MId=o270020180171|Strong=2445|Lang=arc 24 בָבֶֽל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=DAN_2:18!18|MId=o270020180181|Strong=0895|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:18!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מִבְעֵא *ask* | infinitive construct · peal | | רַחֲמִין *compassion(s)* | | | | יְהֹֽבְדוּן *they will destroy* | yiqtol · haphel | | דָּנִיֵּאל *Daniel* + חַבְרוֹ *companions* | | | 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. [that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.39/) **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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