--- title: Daniel 2:5 — The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain w… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. Who acts: king, thing, ye. 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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 — king, thing, ye — and what happens in the verse to Chaldeans, dream, me, ye, pieces, houses, 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. עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃ [The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.26/) ## 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:1 # text = עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃ # verse = DAN.2.5 1 עָנֵ֤ה עֲנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].replying|Ref=DAN_2:5!1|MId=o270020050011|Strong=6032|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020050021;|Type=participle_active 2-3 מַלְכָּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:5!2|MId=o270020050021|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 3 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 2 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:5!2|MId=o270020050022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 4-5 וְאָמַ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=DAN_2:5!3|MId=o270020050031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 5 אָמַ֣ר אֲמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=saying|Ref=DAN_2:5!3|MId=o270020050032|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020050021;|Type=participle_active 6-8 לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:5!5|MId=o270020050051|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 7 כַשְׂדָּא כַּשְׂדַּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:5!5|MId=o270020050052|Strong=3779|Lang=arc|Type=gentilic 8 ֵ֔י הוּא DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=Chaldeans|Ref=DAN_2:5!5|MId=o270020050053|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 9-10 מִלְּתָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 מִלְּת מִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:5!6|MId=o270020050061|Strong=4406|Lang=arc 10 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=word|Ref=DAN_2:5!6|MId=o270020050062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 11-12 מִנִּ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 מִנּ מִן ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DAN_2:5!7|MId=o270020050071|Strong=4481|Lang=arc 12 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=DAN_2:5!7|MId=o270020050072|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 13 אַזְדָּ֑א אַזְדָּא ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].assured|Ref=DAN_2:5!8|MId=o270020050081|Strong=0230|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 14 הֵ֣ן הֵן SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=DAN_2:5!9|MId=o270020050091|Strong=2006|Lang=arc 15 לָ֤א לָא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_2:5!10|MId=o270020050101|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 16-17 תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 תְהֽוֹדְעוּנּ יְדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HAPHEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 24 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DAN_2:5!11|MId=o270020050111|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020050052;A2:270020050112;A1:270020050121;270020050132;|Type=yiqtol 17 ַ֙נִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=will.make.known.to.me|Ref=DAN_2:5!11|MId=o270020050112|Strong=5204b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 18-19 חֶלְמָ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 חֶלְמ חֵלֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:5!12|MId=o270020050121|Strong=2493|Lang=arc 19 ָ֣א א DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=dream|Ref=DAN_2:5!12|MId=o270020050122|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 20-22 וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:5!13|MId=o270020050131|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 21 פִשְׁר פְּשַׁר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=interpretation|Ref=DAN_2:5!13|MId=o270020050132|Strong=6591|Lang=arc 22 ֵ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_2:5!13|MId=o270020050133|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 23 הַדָּמִין֙ הַדָּם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 obj _ Gloss=members|Ref=DAN_2:5!14|MId=o270020050141|Strong=1917|Lang=arc 24 תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן עֲבַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 13 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.be.made|Ref=DAN_2:5!15|MId=o270020050151|Strong=5648|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270020050052;|Type=yiqtol 25-27 וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_2:5!16|MId=o270020050161|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 26 בָתֵּי בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ Gloss=houses|Ref=DAN_2:5!16|MId=o270020050162|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 27 כ֖וֹן הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DAN_2:5!16|MId=o270020050163|Strong=3561a|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 28 נְוָלִ֥י נְוָלוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 29 obj _ Gloss=a.refuse-heap|Ref=DAN_2:5!17|MId=o270020050171|Strong=5122|Lang=arc 29 יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 24 conj _ Gloss=they.will.be.made|Ref=DAN_2:5!18|MId=o270020050181|Strong=7761|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270020050162;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:5!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָנֵה *\[was\] replying* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* | | | | | אָמַר *saying* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* | | | | | תְהֽוֹדְעוּנּ *you* | yiqtol · haphel | כַשְׂדָּא *the* | חֶלְמ *the* + פִשְׁר *interpretation* | ַנִי *will make known to me* | | | תִּתְעַבְדוּן *you will be made* | yiqtol · hithpeel | | כַשְׂדָּא *the* | | | | יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן *they will be made* | yiqtol · hithpeel | | בָתֵּי *houses* | | | 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. [The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.26/) **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:1`. - ← previous: [Daniel 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.4/) - next →: [Daniel 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.6/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/2/)