--- title: Daniel 4:27 — The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have b… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?' Who acts: king, I, majesty. Daniel 4:27 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.4.27/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/4/) / 4:27 # Daniel 4:27 דָּנִיֵּאל **Who acts:** king, I, majesty · **What happens:** speak, say, not be, build, glory · **To what, where:** great Babylon · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Daniel 4:27 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, majesty — and what happens in the verse to great Babylon, 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 הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃ [The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.136/) ## 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:105 # text = עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃ # verse = DAN.4.27 1 עָנֵ֤ה עֲנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].replying|Ref=DAN_4:27!1|MId=o270040270011|Strong=6032|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270040270021;|Type=participle_active 2-3 מַלְכָּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_4:27!2|MId=o270040270021|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 3 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 2 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_4:27!2|MId=o270040270022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 4-5 וְאָמַ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=DAN_4:27!3|MId=o270040270031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 5 אָמַ֔ר אֲמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=saying|Ref=DAN_4:27!3|MId=o270040270032|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270040270021;|Type=participle_active 6-7 הֲלָ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=|Ref=DAN_4:27!4|MId=o270040270041|Strong=1886f|Lang=arc|Type=interrogative 7 לָ֥א לָא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not?|Ref=DAN_4:27!4|MId=o270040270042|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 8 דָא־ דָּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].this|Ref=DAN_4:27!5|MId=o270040270051|Strong=1668|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 9 הִ֖יא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 ccomp _ Gloss=it|Ref=DAN_4:27!6|MId=o270040270061|Strong=1931b|Lang=arc|Type=personal 10 בָּבֶ֣ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 9 appos _ Gloss=Babylon|Ref=DAN_4:27!7|MId=o270040270071|Strong=0895|Lang=arc 11-12 רַבְּתָ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 רַבְּת רַב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 appos _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DAN_4:27!8|MId=o270040270081|Strong=7229|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 12 ָ֑א א DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=great|Ref=DAN_4:27!8|MId=o270040270082|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 13 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=DAN_4:27!9|MId=o270040270091|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 14 אֲנָ֤ה אֲנָה PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=DAN_4:27!10|MId=o270040270101|Strong=0576|Lang=arc|Type=personal 15-16 בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בֱנַיְת בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 10 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I|Ref=DAN_4:27!11|MId=o270040270111|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270040270101;A1:270040270112;|Type=qatal 16 ַהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ Gloss=built.it|Ref=DAN_4:27!11|MId=o270040270112|Strong=1886i|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 17-18 לְבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_4:27!12|MId=o270040270121|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 18 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=DAN_4:27!12|MId=o270040270122|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 19 מַלְכ֔וּ מַלְכוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.kingdom|Ref=DAN_4:27!13|MId=o270040270131|Strong=4437|Lang=arc 20-21 בִּתְקַ֥ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=DAN_4:27!14|MId=o270040270141|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 21 תְקַ֥ף תְּקָף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=the.strength|Ref=DAN_4:27!14|MId=o270040270142|Strong=8632a|Lang=arc 22-23 חִסְנִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 חִסְנ חֵסֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_4:27!15|MId=o270040270151|Strong=2632|Lang=arc 23 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my.power|Ref=DAN_4:27!15|MId=o270040270152|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 24-26 וְלִיקָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_4:27!16|MId=o270040270161|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 25 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=DAN_4:27!16|MId=o270040270162|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 26 יקָ֥ר יְקָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 conj _ Gloss=the.honor|Ref=DAN_4:27!16|MId=o270040270163|Strong=3367|Lang=arc 27-28 הַדְרִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַדְר הֲדַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_4:27!17|MId=o270040270171|Strong=1923|Lang=arc 28 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my.majesty|Ref=DAN_4:27!17|MId=o270040270172|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=DAN_4:27!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 | מַלְכּ *the* | | | | | אָמַר *saying* | participle active · peal | מַלְכּ *the* | | | | | בֱנַיְת *I* | qatal · peal | אֲנָה *I* | ַהּ *built it* | | | 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 spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.136/) **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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