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title: Daniel 2:32 — As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arm… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics
description: As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, Who acts: head. Daniel 2:32 in Biblical Aramaic with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Daniel 2:32 דָּנִיֵּאל

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**Who acts:** head · **What happens:** be

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This is Daniel 2:32 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 — head — and what happens in the verse, 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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ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

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[As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.56/)

## 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:28
# text = ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃
# verse = DAN.2.32
1	ה֣וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem	7	dislocated	_	Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_2:32!1|MId=o270020320011|Strong=1932|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative
2-3	צַלְמָ֗א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	צַלְמ	צְלֵם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:32!2|MId=o270020320021|Strong=6755|Lang=arc
3	ָ֗א	א	DET	_	PronType=Art	2	det	_	Gloss=image|Ref=DAN_2:32!2|MId=o270020320022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article
4-5	רֵאשֵׁהּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	רֵאשׁ	רֵאשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=head|Ref=DAN_2:32!3|MId=o270020320031|Strong=7217|Lang=arc
5	ֵהּ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:32!3|MId=o270020320032|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
6	דִּֽי־	דִּי	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=[was].(diy).of|Ref=DAN_2:32!4|MId=o270020320041|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
7	דְהַ֣ב	דְּהַב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=gold|Ref=DAN_2:32!5|MId=o270020320051|Strong=1722|Lang=arc
8	טָ֔ב	טָב	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	amod	_	Gloss=good|Ref=DAN_2:32!6|MId=o270020320061|Strong=2869|Lang=arc|Type=adjective
9-10	חֲד֥וֹהִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	חֲד֥וֹ	חֲדֵה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=breast(s)|Ref=DAN_2:32!7|MId=o270020320071|Strong=2306|Lang=arc
10	הִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:32!7|MId=o270020320072|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
11-13	וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:32!8|MId=o270020320081|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc
12	דְרָע֖וֹ	דְּרַע	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	9	conj	_	Gloss=arms|Ref=DAN_2:32!8|MId=o270020320082|Strong=1872|Lang=arc
13	הִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:32!8|MId=o270020320083|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
14	דִּ֣י	דִּי	SCONJ	_	_	15	mark	_	Gloss=[were].(diy).of|Ref=DAN_2:32!9|MId=o270020320091|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative
15	כְסַ֑ף	כְּסַף	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=silver|Ref=DAN_2:32!10|MId=o270020320101|Strong=3702|Lang=arc
16-17	מְע֥וֹהִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	מְע֥וֹ	מְעֵה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=belli(es)|Ref=DAN_2:32!11|MId=o270020320111|Strong=4577|Lang=arc
17	הִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:32!11|MId=o270020320112|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
18-20	וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:32!12|MId=o270020320121|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc
19	יַרְכָת	יַרְכָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	16	conj	_	Gloss=loins|Ref=DAN_2:32!12|MId=o270020320122|Strong=3410|Lang=arc
20	ֵ֖הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:32!12|MId=o270020320123|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal
21	דִּ֥י	דִּי	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	Gloss=[were].(diy).of|Ref=DAN_2:32!13|MId=o270020320131|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative
22	נְחָֽשׁ	נְחָשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=bronze|Ref=DAN_2:32!14|MId=o270020320141|Strong=5174|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No
23	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	22	punct	_	Ref=DAN_2:32!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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MACULA marks no verb frame in this verse.

## 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. [As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.56/)

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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:28`.

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