--- title: Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the kin… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king; Who acts: Daniel, king, wise men. 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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, wise men — and what happens in the verse to secret, 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. עָנֵ֧ה דָנִיֵּ֛אל קֳדָ֥ם מַלְכָּ֖א וְאָמַ֑ר רָזָה֙ דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א שָׁאֵ֔ל לָ֧א חַכִּימִ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין חַרְטֻמִּין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין יָכְלִ֖ין לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ [Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.49/) ## 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:23 # text = עָנֵ֧ה דָנִיֵּ֛אל קֳדָ֥ם מַלְכָּ֖א וְאָמַ֑ר רָזָה֙ דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א שָׁאֵ֔ל לָ֧א חַכִּימִ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין חַרְטֻמִּין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין יָכְלִ֖ין לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ # verse = DAN.2.27 1 עָנֵ֧ה עֲנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].replying|Ref=DAN_2:27!1|MId=o270020270011|Strong=6032|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020270021;|Type=participle_active 2 דָנִיֵּ֛אל דָּנִיֵּאל PROPN _ _ 1 nsubj _ Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_2:27!2|MId=o270020270021|Strong=1841|Lang=arc 3 קֳדָ֥ם קֳדָם ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=DAN_2:27!3|MId=o270020270031|Strong=6925|Lang=arc 4-5 מַלְכָּ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:27!4|MId=o270020270041|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 5 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:27!4|MId=o270020270042|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 6-7 וְאָמַ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=DAN_2:27!5|MId=o270020270051|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 7 אָמַ֑ר אֲמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=saying|Ref=DAN_2:27!5|MId=o270020270052|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020270021;|Type=participle_active 8-9 רָזָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 רָז רָז NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:27!6|MId=o270020270061|Strong=7328|Lang=arc 9 ָה֙ ה DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=secret|Ref=DAN_2:27!6|MId=o270020270062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 10 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=DAN_2:27!7|MId=o270020270071|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 מַלְכָּ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:27!8|MId=o270020270081|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 12 ָ֣א א DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:27!8|MId=o270020270082|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 13 שָׁאֵ֔ל שְׁאֵל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[is].asking|Ref=DAN_2:27!9|MId=o270020270091|Strong=7593|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020270081;A1:270020270061;|Type=participle_active 14 לָ֧א לָא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_2:27!10|MId=o270020270101|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 15 חַכִּימִ֣ין חַכִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=wise.men|Ref=DAN_2:27!11|MId=o270020270111|Strong=2445|Lang=arc 16 אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין אָשַׁף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 conj _ Gloss=conjurers|Ref=DAN_2:27!12|MId=o270020270121|Strong=0826|Lang=arc 17 חַרְטֻמִּין֙ חַרְטֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 conj _ Gloss=magicians|Ref=DAN_2:27!13|MId=o270020270131|Strong=2749|Lang=arc 18 גָּזְרִ֔ין גְּזַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 15 conj _ Gloss=astrologers|Ref=DAN_2:27!14|MId=o270020270141|Strong=1505|Lang=arc|Type=participle_active 19 יָכְלִ֖ין יְכִל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 7 ccomp _ Gloss=[are].being.able|Ref=DAN_2:27!15|MId=o270020270151|Strong=3202|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020270111;270020270121;270020270131;270020270141;|Type=participle_active 20-21 לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:27!16|MId=o270020270161|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 21 הַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה חֲוָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 19 xcomp _ Gloss=declare|Ref=DAN_2:27!16|MId=o270020270162|Strong=2324|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020270111;270020270121;270020270131;270020270141;A1:270020270061;|Type=infinitive_construct 22-24 לְמַלְכָּֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:27!17|MId=o270020270171|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 23 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:27!17|MId=o270020270172|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 24 ָֽא א DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:27!17|MId=o270020270173|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:27!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָנֵה *\[was\] replying* | participle active · peal | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | | | | | אָמַר *saying* | participle active · peal | דָנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | | | | | שָׁאֵל *\[is\] asking* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* | רָז *the* | | | | יָכְלִין *\[are\] being able* | participle active · peal | חַכִּימִין *wise men* + אָֽשְׁפִין *conjurers* + חַרְטֻמִּין *magicians* + גָּזְרִין *astrologers* | | | | | הַֽחֲוָיָה *declare* | infinitive construct · haphel | חַכִּימִין *wise men* + אָֽשְׁפִין *conjurers* + חַרְטֻמִּין *magicians* + גָּזְרִין *astrologers* | רָז *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. [Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.49/) **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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