--- title: Daniel 6:5 — Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Who acts: presidents, Daniel, error. 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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 — presidents, Daniel, error — and what happens in the verse to occasion, kingdom, error, 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. אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃ [Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.181/) ## 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:147 # text = אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃ # verse = DAN.6.5 1 אֱדַ֨יִן אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=then|Ref=DAN_6:5!1|MId=o270060050011|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 2-3 סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 סָֽרְכַיּ סָרֵךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:5!2|MId=o270060050021|Strong=5632|Lang=arc 3 ָ֜א א DET _ PronType=Art 2 det _ Gloss=overseers|Ref=DAN_6:5!2|MId=o270060050022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 4-6 וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:5!3|MId=o270060050031|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 5 אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=the|Ref=DAN_6:5!3|MId=o270060050032|Strong=0324|Lang=arc 6 ָ֗א א DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=satraps|Ref=DAN_6:5!3|MId=o270060050033|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 7 הֲו֨וֹ הוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=they.were|Ref=DAN_6:5!4|MId=o270060050041|Strong=1934|Lang=arc|Type=qatal 8 בָעַ֧יִן בעה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 7 dep _ Gloss=seeking|Ref=DAN_6:5!5|MId=o270060050051|Strong=1156|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060050021;270060050032;|Type=participle_active 9 עִלָּ֛ה עִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=an.occasion|Ref=DAN_6:5!6|MId=o270060050061|Strong=5931|Lang=arc 10-11 לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:5!7|MId=o270060050071|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 11 הַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה שְׁכַח VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 7 advcl _ Gloss=find|Ref=DAN_6:5!7|MId=o270060050072|Strong=7912|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060050021;270060050032;A1:270060050061;|Type=infinitive_construct 12-13 לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:5!8|MId=o270060050081|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 13 דָנִיֵּ֖אל דָּנִיֵּאל PROPN _ _ 11 obl _ Gloss=Daniel|Ref=DAN_6:5!8|MId=o270060050082|Strong=1841|Lang=arc 14-15 מִצַּ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DAN_6:5!9|MId=o270060050091|Strong=4481|Lang=arc 15 צַּ֣ד צַד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=the.side|Ref=DAN_6:5!9|MId=o270060050092|Strong=6655|Lang=arc 16-17 מַלְכוּתָ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 מַלְכוּת מַלְכוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=DAN_6:5!10|MId=o270060050101|Strong=4437|Lang=arc 17 ָ֑א א DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the.kingdom|Ref=DAN_6:5!10|MId=o270060050102|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 18-19 וְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:5!11|MId=o270060050111|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 19 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 obj _ Gloss=any|Ref=DAN_6:5!11|MId=o270060050112|Strong=3606|Lang=arc 20 עִלָּ֨ה עִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=occasion|Ref=DAN_6:5!12|MId=o270060050121|Strong=5931|Lang=arc 21-22 וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:5!13|MId=o270060050131|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 22 שְׁחִיתָ֜ה שְׁחַת VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PEIL|Number=Sing 20 conj _ Gloss=corruption|Ref=DAN_6:5!13|MId=o270060050132|Strong=7844|Lang=arc|Type=participle_passive 23 לָא־ לָא ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_6:5!14|MId=o270060050141|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 24 יָכְלִ֣ין יְכִל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 1 conj _ Gloss=[they.were].able|Ref=DAN_6:5!15|MId=o270060050151|Strong=3202|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060050021;270060050032;|Type=participle_active 25-26 לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:5!16|MId=o270060050161|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 26 הַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה שְׁכַח VERB _ HebBinyan=HAPHEL 24 xcomp _ Gloss=find|Ref=DAN_6:5!16|MId=o270060050162|Strong=7912|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:270060050021;270060050032;A1:270060050121;270060050132;|Type=infinitive_construct 27-28 כָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=DAN_6:5!17|MId=o270060050171|Strong=3509d|Lang=arc 28 ל־ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DAN_6:5!17|MId=o270060050172|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 29 קֳבֵל֙ קֳבֵל NOUN _ _ 24 obl _ Gloss=because|Ref=DAN_6:5!18|MId=o270060050181|Strong=6903|Lang=arc 30 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 31 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=DAN_6:5!19|MId=o270060050191|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 31 מְהֵימַ֣ן אֲמַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HAPHEL|Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[was].trustworthy|Ref=DAN_6:5!20|MId=o270060050201|Strong=0540|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270060050211;|Type=participle_passive 32 ה֔וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=DAN_6:5!21|MId=o270060050211|Strong=1932|Lang=arc|Type=personal 33-34 וְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 39 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:5!22|MId=o270060050221|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 34 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ Gloss=any|Ref=DAN_6:5!22|MId=o270060050222|Strong=3606|Lang=arc 35 שָׁלוּ֙ שָׁלוּ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 34 compound:smixut _ Gloss=negligence|Ref=DAN_6:5!23|MId=o270060050231|Strong=7960|Lang=arc 36-37 וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 37 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DAN_6:5!24|MId=o270060050241|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 37 שְׁחִיתָ֔ה שְׁחַת VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PEIL|Number=Sing 35 conj _ Gloss=corruption|Ref=DAN_6:5!24|MId=o270060050242|Strong=7844|Lang=arc|Type=participle_passive 38 לָ֥א לָא ADV _ _ 39 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DAN_6:5!25|MId=o270060050251|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 39 הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת שְׁכַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 31 conj _ Gloss=it.was.found|Ref=DAN_6:5!26|MId=o270060050261|Strong=7912|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:270060050231;270060050242;|Type=qatal 40-41 עֲלֽוֹהִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 עֲלֽוֹ עַל ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=concerning|Ref=DAN_6:5!27|MId=o270060050271|Strong=5922|Lang=arc 41 הִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DAN_6:5!27|MId=o270060050272|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 42 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 41 punct _ Ref=DAN_6:5!27 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | בָעַיִן *seeking* | participle active · peal | סָֽרְכַיּ *the* + אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ *the* | | | | | הַשְׁכָּחָה *find* | infinitive construct · haphel | סָֽרְכַיּ *the* + אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ *the* | עִלָּה *an occasion* | | | | יָכְלִין *\[they were\] able* | participle active · peal | סָֽרְכַיּ *the* + אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ *the* | | | | | הַשְׁכָּחָה *find* | infinitive construct · haphel | סָֽרְכַיּ *the* + אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיּ *the* | עִלָּה *occasion* + שְׁחִיתָה *corruption* | | | | מְהֵימַן *\[was\] trustworthy* | participle passive · haphel | | הוּא *he* | | | | הִשְׁתְּכַחַת *it was found* | qatal · hithpeel | | שָׁלוּ *negligence* + שְׁחִיתָה *corruption* | | | 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 the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.181/) **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:147`. - ← previous: [Daniel 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.4/) - next →: [Daniel 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.6/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/6/)