--- title: Daniel 2:8 — The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain ti… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me, Who acts: king, I, ye, thing. Daniel 2:8 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.2.8/) [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/) / 2:8 # Daniel 2:8 דָּנִיֵּאל **Who acts:** king, I, ye, thing · **What happens:** answer, say, know, gain, see, be · **To what, where:** truth · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Daniel 2:8 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, I, ye, thing — and what happens in the verse to truth, 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 וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃ [The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.29/) ## 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:4 # text = עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃ # verse = DAN.2.8 1 עָנֵ֤ה עֲנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].replying|Ref=DAN_2:8!1|MId=o270020080011|Strong=6032|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020080021;|Type=participle_active 2-3 מַלְכָּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:8!2|MId=o270020080021|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 3 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 2 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_2:8!2|MId=o270020080022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 4-5 וְאָמַ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=DAN_2:8!3|MId=o270020080031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 5 אָמַ֔ר אֲמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=saying|Ref=DAN_2:8!3|MId=o270020080032|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020080021;|Type=participle_active 6 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=according.to|Ref=DAN_2:8!4|MId=o270020080041|Strong=4481|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 7 יַצִּיב֙ יַצִּיב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=certain|Ref=DAN_2:8!5|MId=o270020080051|Strong=3330|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 8 יָדַ֣ע יְדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ Gloss=[am].knowing|Ref=DAN_2:8!6|MId=o270020080061|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020080071;A1:270020080111;|Type=participle_active 9 אֲנָ֔ה אֲנָה PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=DAN_2:8!7|MId=o270020080071|Strong=0576|Lang=arc|Type=personal 10 דִּ֥י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=(diy).that|Ref=DAN_2:8!8|MId=o270020080081|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative 11-12 עִדָּנָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 עִדָּנ עִדָּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DAN_2:8!9|MId=o270020080091|Strong=5732|Lang=arc 12 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=time|Ref=DAN_2:8!9|MId=o270020080092|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 13 אַנְתּ֣וּן אַנְתּוּן PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=DAN_2:8!10|MId=o270020080101|Strong=0608|Lang=arc|Type=personal 14 זָבְנִ֑ין זְבַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].gaining|Ref=DAN_2:8!11|MId=o270020080111|Strong=2084|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270020080091;A0:270020080101;|Type=participle_active 15-16 כָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=DAN_2:8!12|MId=o270020080121|Strong=3509d|Lang=arc 16 ל־ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_2:8!12|MId=o270020080122|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 17 קֳבֵל֙ קֳבֵל NOUN _ _ 14 obl _ Gloss=because|Ref=DAN_2:8!13|MId=o270020080131|Strong=6903|Lang=arc 18 דִּ֣י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_2:8!14|MId=o270020080141|Strong=1768|Lang=arc 19 חֲזֵית֔וֹן חֲזָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 17 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.have.seen|Ref=DAN_2:8!15|MId=o270020080151|Strong=2370|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270020050052;A1:270020080171;270020090061;|Type=qatal 20 דִּ֥י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=(diy).that|Ref=DAN_2:8!16|MId=o270020080161|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative 21 אַזְדָּ֖א אַזְדָּא ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[is].assured|Ref=DAN_2:8!17|MId=o270020080171|Strong=0230|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 22-23 מִנִּ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מִנּ מִן ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DAN_2:8!18|MId=o270020080181|Strong=4481|Lang=arc 23 ִ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=DAN_2:8!18|MId=o270020080182|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 24-25 מִלְּתָֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 מִלְּת מִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_2:8!19|MId=o270020080191|Strong=4406|Lang=arc 25 ָֽא א DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=word|Ref=DAN_2:8!19|MId=o270020080192|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=DAN_2:8!19 ``` ## 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* | | | | | יָדַע *\[am\] knowing* | participle active · peal | אֲנָה *I* | זָבְנִין *\[are\] gaining* | | | | זָבְנִין *\[are\] gaining* | participle active · peal | אַנְתּוּן *you* | עִדָּנ *(the)* | | | | חֲזֵיתוֹן *you have seen* | qatal · peal | | אַזְדָּא *\[is\] assured* | | | 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: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.29/) **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:4`. - ← previous: [Daniel 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.7/) - next →: [Daniel 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.9/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/2/)