--- title: Daniel 5:8 — Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the wr… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. Who acts: wise men, knees. Daniel 5:8 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.5.8/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/5/) / 5:8 # Daniel 5:8 דָּנִיֵּאל **Who acts:** wise men, knees · **What happens:** come in, not read, make · **To what, where:** writing, interpretation This is Daniel 5:8 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 — wise men, knees — and what happens in the verse to writing, interpretation, 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. אֱדַ֙יִן֙ עָֽלִּ֔ין כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ [Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.152/) ## 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:120 # text = אֱדַ֙יִן֙ עָֽלִּ֔ין כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ # verse = DAN.5.8 1 אֱדַ֙יִן֙ אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=then|Ref=DAN_5:8!1|MId=o270050080011|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 2 עָֽלִּ֔ין עֲלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ Gloss=[were].going.in|Ref=DAN_5:8!3|MId=o270050080031|Strong=5954|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050080051;|Type=participle_active 3 כֹּ֖ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=DAN_5:8!4|MId=o270050080041|Strong=3606|Lang=arc 4 חַכִּימֵ֣י חַכִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.wise.men|Ref=DAN_5:8!5|MId=o270050080051|Strong=2445|Lang=arc 5-6 מַלְכָּ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_5:8!6|MId=o270050080061|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 6 ָ֑א א DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=DAN_5:8!6|MId=o270050080062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 7-8 וְלָֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_5:8!7|MId=o270050080071|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 8 לָֽא־ לָא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_5:8!7|MId=o270050080072|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 9 כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּהַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 1 conj _ Gloss=[they.were].able|Ref=DAN_5:8!8|MId=o270050080081|Strong=3546|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050080051;|Type=participle_active 10-11 כְּתָבָא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כְּתָב כְּתָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_5:8!9|MId=o270050080091|Strong=3792|Lang=arc 11 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=writing|Ref=DAN_5:8!9|MId=o270050080092|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 12-13 לְמִקְרֵ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_5:8!10|MId=o270050080101|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 13 מִקְרֵ֔א קְרָא VERB _ HebBinyan=PEAL 9 advcl _ Gloss=read.aloud|Ref=DAN_5:8!10|MId=o270050080102|Strong=7123|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050080051;A1:270050080091;|Type=infinitive_construct 14-16 וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_5:8!12|MId=o270050080121|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 15 פִשְׁר פְּשַׁר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=its|Ref=DAN_5:8!12|MId=o270050080122|Strong=6591|Lang=arc 16 ֵ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=interpretation|Ref=DAN_5:8!12|MId=o270050080123|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 17-18 לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_5:8!13|MId=o270050080131|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 18 הוֹדָעָ֥ה יְדַע VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 13 conj _ Gloss=make.known|Ref=DAN_5:8!13|MId=o270050080132|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270050080051;A1:270050080122;|Type=infinitive_construct 19-21 לְמַלְכָּֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_5:8!14|MId=o270050080141|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 20 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_5:8!14|MId=o270050080142|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 21 ָֽא א DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_5:8!14|MId=o270050080143|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=DAN_5:8!14 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָֽלִּין *\[were\] going in* | participle active · peal | חַכִּימֵי *the wise men* | | | | | כָהֲלִין *\[they were\] able* | participle active · peal | חַכִּימֵי *the wise men* | | | | | מִקְרֵא *read aloud* | infinitive construct · peal | חַכִּימֵי *the wise men* | כְּתָב *the* | | | | הוֹדָעָה *make known* | infinitive construct · haphel | חַכִּימֵי *the wise men* | פִשְׁר *its* | | | 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. [Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.152/) **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:120`. - ← previous: [Daniel 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.7/) - next →: [Daniel 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.9/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/5/)