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title: Daniel 2:26 — The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics
description: The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?' Who acts: king, name, thou, I. Daniel 2:26 in Biblical Aramaic with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Daniel 2:26 דָּנִיֵּאל

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**Who acts:** king, name, thou, I, Belteshazzar · **What happens:** speak, say, be, make, know, see · **To what, where:** Daniel, Belteshazzar, dream · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Daniel 2:26 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 — king, name, thou, I, Belteshazzar — and what happens in the verse to Daniel, Belteshazzar, dream, 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.

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עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃

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[The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.48/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:22
# text = עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃
# verse = DAN.2.26
1	עָנֵ֤ה	עֲנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=[was].replying|Ref=DAN_2:26!1|MId=o270020260011|Strong=6032|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020260021;|Type=participle_active
2-3	מַלְכָּא֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	מַלְכּ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:26!2|MId=o270020260021|Strong=4430|Lang=arc
3	ָא֙	א	DET	_	PronType=Art	2	det	_	Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:26!2|MId=o270020260022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article
4-5	וְאָמַ֣ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	5	cc	_	Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=DAN_2:26!3|MId=o270020260031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc
5	אָמַ֣ר	אֲמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing	1	conj	_	Gloss=saying|Ref=DAN_2:26!3|MId=o270020260032|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020260021;|Type=participle_active
6-7	לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:26!4|MId=o270020260041|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc
7	דָנִיֵּ֔אל	דָּנִיֵּאל	PROPN	_	_	5	obl	_	Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_2:26!4|MId=o270020260042|Strong=1841|Lang=arc
8	דִּ֥י	דִּי	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=DAN_2:26!5|MId=o270020260051|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative
9-10	שְׁמֵ֖הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	שְׁמ	שֻׁם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=name|Ref=DAN_2:26!6|MId=o270020260061|Strong=8036|Lang=arc
10	ֵ֖הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DAN_2:26!6|MId=o270020260062|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
11	בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר	בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר	PROPN	_	_	7	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[was].Belteshazzar|Ref=DAN_2:26!7|MId=o270020260071|Strong=1096|Lang=arc
12-14	הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	הַֽ	הַ	PART	_	_	15	advmod	_	Gloss=|Ref=DAN_2:26!9|MId=o270020260091|Strong=1886f|Lang=arc|Type=interrogative
13	אִית	אִיתַי	NOUN	_	_	15	obl	_	Gloss=there|Ref=DAN_2:26!9|MId=o270020260092|Strong=0383|Lang=arc|Type=affirmation
14	ָ֣ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=[are].you?|Ref=DAN_2:26!9|MId=o270020260093|Strong=3509e|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
15	כָּהֵ֗ל	כְּהַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	Gloss=able|Ref=DAN_2:26!10|MId=o270020260101|Strong=3546|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020260093;|Type=participle_active
16-18	לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:26!11|MId=o270020260111|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc
17	הוֹדָעֻת	יְדַע	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HAPHEL	15	advcl	_	Gloss=make|Ref=DAN_2:26!11|MId=o270020260112|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020260042;A2:270020260113;A1:270020260121;270020260152;|Type=infinitive_construct
18	ַ֛נִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	Gloss=known.to.me|Ref=DAN_2:26!11|MId=o270020260113|Strong=5204b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
19-20	חֶלְמָ֥א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	חֶלְמ	חֵלֶם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	xcomp	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:26!12|MId=o270020260121|Strong=2493|Lang=arc
20	ָ֥א	א	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=dream|Ref=DAN_2:26!12|MId=o270020260122|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article
21	דִֽי־	דִּי	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=DAN_2:26!13|MId=o270020260131|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
22	חֲזֵ֖ית	חֲזָה	VERB	_	_	19	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=I.saw|Ref=DAN_2:26!14|MId=o270020260141|Strong=2370|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020260021;A1:270020260121;|Type=relative
23-25	וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:26!15|MId=o270020260151|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc
24	פִשְׁר	פְּשַׁר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	conj	_	Gloss=interpretation|Ref=DAN_2:26!15|MId=o270020260152|Strong=6591|Lang=arc
25	ֵֽהּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:26!15|MId=o270020260153|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=DAN_2:26!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| עָנֵה *\[was\] replying* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* |  |  |  |
| אָמַר *saying* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* |  |  |  |
| כָּהֵל *able* | participle active · peal | ָךְ *\[are\] you?* |  |  |  |
| הוֹדָעֻת *make* | infinitive construct · haphel | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | חֶלְמ *the* + פִשְׁר *interpretation* | ַנִי *known to me* |  |
| חֲזֵית *I saw* | relative | מַלְכּ *the* | חֶלְמ *the* |  |  |

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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}

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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.

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1. [The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.48/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc-arc:DAN:22`.

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