--- title: Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing. Who acts: light. 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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 — light — and what happens in the verse to wise men, writing, interpretation, thing, 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. וּכְעַ֞ן הֻעַ֣לּוּ קָֽדָמַ֗י חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙ אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־כְתָבָ֤ה דְנָה֙ יִקְר֔וֹן וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֥ין פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֖א לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ [And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.161/) ## 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:127 # text = וּכְעַ֞ן הֻעַ֣לּוּ קָֽדָמַ֗י חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙ אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־כְתָבָ֤ה דְנָה֙ יִקְר֔וֹן וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֥ין פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֖א לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ # verse = DAN.5.15 1-2 וּכְעַ֞ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_5:15!1|MId=o270050150011|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 2 כְעַ֞ן כְּעַן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=now|Ref=DAN_5:15!1|MId=o270050150012|Strong=3705|Lang=arc 3 הֻעַ֣לּוּ עֲלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=they.have.been.brought|Ref=DAN_5:15!2|MId=o270050150021|Strong=5954|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270050150041;270050150051;|Type=qatal 4-5 קָֽדָמַ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 קָֽדָמ קֳדָם ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=DAN_5:15!3|MId=o270050150031|Strong=6925|Lang=arc 5 ַ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=DAN_5:15!3|MId=o270050150032|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 6-7 חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 חַכִּֽימַיּ חַכִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ Gloss=the.wise|Ref=DAN_5:15!4|MId=o270050150041|Strong=2445|Lang=arc 7 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=men|Ref=DAN_5:15!4|MId=o270050150042|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 8-9 אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 אָֽשְׁפַיּ אָשַׁף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 conj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_5:15!5|MId=o270050150051|Strong=0826|Lang=arc 9 ָ֔א א DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=conjurers|Ref=DAN_5:15!5|MId=o270050150052|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 10 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_5:15!6|MId=o270050150061|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 כְתָבָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 כְתָב כְּתָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_5:15!7|MId=o270050150071|Strong=3792|Lang=arc 12 ָ֤ה ה DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=writing|Ref=DAN_5:15!7|MId=o270050150072|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 13 דְנָה֙ דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=DAN_5:15!8|MId=o270050150081|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 14 יִקְר֔וֹן קְרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 3 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.read.aloud|Ref=DAN_5:15!9|MId=o270050150091|Strong=7123|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050150041;270050150051;A1:270050150071;|Type=yiqtol 15-17 וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_5:15!10|MId=o270050150101|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 16 פִשְׁר פְּשַׁר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ Gloss=interpretation|Ref=DAN_5:15!10|MId=o270050150102|Strong=6591|Lang=arc 17 ֵ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_5:15!10|MId=o270050150103|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 18-20 לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_5:15!11|MId=o270050150111|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 19 הוֹדָעֻת יְדַע VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 14 conj _ Gloss=make|Ref=DAN_5:15!11|MId=o270050150112|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050150041;270050150051;A2:270050150113;A1:270050150102;|Type=infinitive_construct 20 ַ֑נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=known.to.me|Ref=DAN_5:15!11|MId=o270050150113|Strong=5204b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 21-22 וְלָֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_5:15!12|MId=o270050150121|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 22 לָֽא־ לָא ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_5:15!12|MId=o270050150122|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 23 כָהֲלִ֥ין כְּהַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=[they.were].able|Ref=DAN_5:15!13|MId=o270050150131|Strong=3546|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050150041;270050150051;|Type=participle_active 24 פְּשַֽׁר־ פְּשַׁר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 obj _ Gloss=the.interpretation|Ref=DAN_5:15!14|MId=o270050150141|Strong=6591|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 מִלְּתָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 מִלְּת מִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_5:15!15|MId=o270050150151|Strong=4406|Lang=arc 26 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the.matter|Ref=DAN_5:15!15|MId=o270050150152|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 27-28 לְהַחֲוָיָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_5:15!16|MId=o270050150161|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 28 הַחֲוָיָֽה חֲוָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 23 advcl _ Gloss=declare|Ref=DAN_5:15!16|MId=o270050150162|Strong=2324|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050150041;270050150051;A1:270050150141;A2:270050130071;|Type=infinitive_construct 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=DAN_5:15!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הֻעַלּוּ *they have been brought* | qatal · hophal | | חַכִּֽימַיּ *the wise* + אָֽשְׁפַיּ *the* | | | | יִקְרוֹן *they will read aloud* | yiqtol · peal | חַכִּֽימַיּ *the wise* + אָֽשְׁפַיּ *the* | כְתָב *the* | | | | הוֹדָעֻת *make* | infinitive construct · haphel | חַכִּֽימַיּ *the wise* + אָֽשְׁפַיּ *the* | פִשְׁר *interpretation* | ַנִי *known to me* | | | כָהֲלִין *\[they were\] able* | participle active · peal | חַכִּֽימַיּ *the wise* + אָֽשְׁפַיּ *the* | | | | | הַחֲוָיָֽה *declare* | infinitive construct · haphel | חַכִּֽימַיּ *the wise* + אָֽשְׁפַיּ *the* | פְּשַֽׁר־ *the interpretation* | | | 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. [And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.161/) **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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