--- title: Daniel 6:23 — My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and the… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.' Who acts: God, lions, I. 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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 — God, lions, I — and what happens in the verse to angel, mouths, me, innocency, hurt, 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. אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃ [My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.200/) ## 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:165 # text = אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃ # verse = DAN.6.23 1-2 אֱלָהִ֞י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 אֱלָה אֱלָהּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=DAN_6:23!1|MId=o270060230011|Strong=0426|Lang=arc 2 ִ֞י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=DAN_6:23!1|MId=o270060230012|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 3 שְׁלַ֣ח שְׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.sent|Ref=DAN_6:23!2|MId=o270060230021|Strong=7972|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060230011;A1:270060230031;|Type=qatal 4-5 מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מַלְאֲכ מַלְאַךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=angel|Ref=DAN_6:23!3|MId=o270060230031|Strong=4398|Lang=arc 5 ֵ֗הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DAN_6:23!3|MId=o270060230032|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 6-7 וּֽסֲגַ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וּֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:23!4|MId=o270060230041|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 7 סֲגַ֛ר סְגַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.closed|Ref=DAN_6:23!4|MId=o270060230042|Strong=5463|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060230031;A1:270060230051;|Type=qatal 8 פֻּ֥ם פֻּם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=DAN_6:23!5|MId=o270060230051|Strong=6433|Lang=arc 9-10 אַרְיָוָתָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 אַרְיָוָת אַרְיֵה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_6:23!6|MId=o270060230061|Strong=0744|Lang=arc 10 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the.lions|Ref=DAN_6:23!6|MId=o270060230062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 11-12 וְלָ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:23!7|MId=o270060230071|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 12 לָ֣א לָא ADV _ _ 13 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_6:23!7|MId=o270060230072|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 13-14 חַבְּל֑וּנִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 חַבְּל֑וּ חֲבַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=they|Ref=DAN_6:23!8|MId=o270060230081|Strong=2255|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060230061;A1:270060230082;|Type=qatal 14 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ Gloss=harmed.me|Ref=DAN_6:23!8|MId=o270060230082|Strong=5204b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 15-16 כָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=DAN_6:23!9|MId=o270060230091|Strong=3509d|Lang=arc 16 ל־ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:23!9|MId=o270060230092|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 17 קֳבֵ֗ל קֳבֵל NOUN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=because|Ref=DAN_6:23!10|MId=o270060230101|Strong=6903|Lang=arc 18 דִּ֤י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_6:23!11|MId=o270060230111|Strong=1768|Lang=arc 19-20 קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 קָֽדָמ֙וֹ קֳדָם ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=DAN_6:23!12|MId=o270060230121|Strong=6925|Lang=arc 20 הִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DAN_6:23!12|MId=o270060230122|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 21 זָכוּ֙ זָכוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=innocence|Ref=DAN_6:23!13|MId=o270060230131|Strong=2136|Lang=arc 22 הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת שְׁכַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.was.found|Ref=DAN_6:23!14|MId=o270060230141|Strong=7912|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270060230131;|Type=qatal 23-24 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:23!15|MId=o270060230151|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 24 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=DAN_6:23!15|MId=o270060230152|Strong=2967b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 25-26 וְאַ֤ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:23!16|MId=o270060230161|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 26 אַ֤ף אַף ADV _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=DAN_6:23!16|MId=o270060230162|Strong=0638|Lang=arc|Type=affirmation 27-28 קָֽדָמָךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 קָֽדָמ קֳדָם ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=DAN_6:23!18|MId=o270060230181|Strong=6925|Lang=arc 28 ָךְ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DAN_6:23!18|MId=o270060230182|Strong=3509e|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 29-30 מַלְכָּ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 conj _ Gloss=O|Ref=DAN_6:23!19|MId=o270060230191|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 30 ָ֔א א DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_6:23!19|MId=o270060230192|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 31 חֲבוּלָ֖ה חֲבוּלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 33 obj _ Gloss=a.hurtful.act|Ref=DAN_6:23!20|MId=o270060230201|Strong=2248|Lang=arc 32 לָ֥א לָא ADV _ _ 33 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_6:23!21|MId=o270060230211|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 33 עַבְדֵֽת עֲבַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 22 parataxis _ Gloss=I.have.done|Ref=DAN_6:23!22|MId=o270060230221|Strong=5648|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060220021;A1:270060230201;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=DAN_6:23!22 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שְׁלַח *he sent* | qatal · peal | אֱלָה *God* | מַלְאֲכ *angel* | | | | סֲגַר *he closed* | qatal · peal | מַלְאֲכ *angel* | פֻּם *the mouth* | | | | חַבְּלוּ *they* | qatal · pael | אַרְיָוָת *of* | נִי *harmed me* | | | | הִשְׁתְּכַחַת *it was found* | qatal · hithpeel | | זָכוּ *innocence* | | | | עַבְדֵֽת *I have done* | qatal · peal | | חֲבוּלָה *a hurtful act* | | | 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. [My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.200/) **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:165`. - ← previous: [Daniel 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/) - next →: [Daniel 6:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.24/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/6/)