--- title: Daniel 6:4 — Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Who acts: Daniel, surpassing spirit, king. 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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 — Daniel, surpassing spirit, king — and what happens in the verse to Daniel, presidents, whole realm, 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 דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃ [Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.180/) ## 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:146 # text = אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃ # verse = DAN.6.4 1 אֱדַ֙יִן֙ אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=then|Ref=DAN_6:4!1|MId=o270060040011|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 2 דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דָּנִיֵּאל PROPN _ _ 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_6:4!2|MId=o270060040021|Strong=1841|Lang=arc 3 דְּנָ֔ה דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=DAN_6:4!3|MId=o270060040031|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 4 הֲוָ֣א הוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=he.was|Ref=DAN_6:4!4|MId=o270060040041|Strong=1934|Lang=arc|Type=qatal 5 מִתְנַצַּ֔ח נְצַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAAL|Number=Sing 4 dep _ Gloss=distinguishing.himself|Ref=DAN_6:4!5|MId=o270060040051|Strong=5330|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060040021;|Type=participle_active 6 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=DAN_6:4!6|MId=o270060040061|Strong=5922|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 סָרְכַיָּ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 סָרְכַיּ סָרֵךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:4!7|MId=o270060040071|Strong=5632|Lang=arc 8 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=overseers|Ref=DAN_6:4!7|MId=o270060040072|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 9-11 וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:4!8|MId=o270060040081|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 10 אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 conj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:4!8|MId=o270060040082|Strong=0324|Lang=arc 11 ָ֑א א DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=satraps|Ref=DAN_6:4!8|MId=o270060040083|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 12-13 כָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=DAN_6:4!9|MId=o270060040091|Strong=3509d|Lang=arc 13 ל־ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:4!9|MId=o270060040092|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 14 קֳבֵ֗ל קֳבֵל NOUN _ _ 4 obl _ Gloss=because|Ref=DAN_6:4!10|MId=o270060040101|Strong=6903|Lang=arc 15 דִּ֣י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_6:4!11|MId=o270060040111|Strong=1768|Lang=arc 16 ר֤וּחַ רוּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=a.spirit|Ref=DAN_6:4!12|MId=o270060040121|Strong=7308|Lang=arc 17 יַתִּירָא֙ יַתִּיר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 amod _ Gloss=extraordinary|Ref=DAN_6:4!13|MId=o270060040131|Strong=3493|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 18-19 בֵּ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=DAN_6:4!14|MId=o270060040141|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 19 ֵ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 acl:relcl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DAN_6:4!14|MId=o270060040142|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 20-22 וּמַלְכָּ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:4!15|MId=o270060040151|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 21 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:4!15|MId=o270060040152|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 22 ָ֣א א DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=DAN_6:4!15|MId=o270060040153|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 23 עֲשִׁ֔ית עֲשִׁת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEIL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=[was].planning|Ref=DAN_6:4!16|MId=o270060040161|Strong=6246|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270060040152;|Type=participle_passive 24-26 לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:4!17|MId=o270060040171|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 25 הֲקָמוּת קוּם VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 23 advcl _ Gloss=appoint|Ref=DAN_6:4!17|MId=o270060040172|Strong=6966|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060040152;A1:270060040173;|Type=infinitive_construct 26 ֵ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=DAN_6:4!17|MId=o270060040173|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=DAN_6:4!18|MId=o270060040181|Strong=5922|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 28 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=DAN_6:4!19|MId=o270060040191|Strong=3606|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 29-30 מַלְכוּתָֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 מַלְכוּת מַלְכוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:4!20|MId=o270060040201|Strong=4437|Lang=arc 30 ָֽא א DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=kingdom|Ref=DAN_6:4!20|MId=o270060040202|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=DAN_6:4!20 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מִתְנַצַּח *distinguishing himself* | participle active · hithpaal | דָּנִיֵּאל *Daniel* | | | | | עֲשִׁית *\[was\] planning* | participle passive · peil | | מַלְכּ *the* | | | | הֲקָמוּת *appoint* | infinitive construct · haphel | מַלְכּ *the* | ֵהּ *him* | | | 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 this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.180/) **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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