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Recent Lessons
- Death Decreed: Aramaic Grammar of Persecution in Daniel 2:13
- Wrath and Decree: Volition and Intensity in Daniel 2:12
- The Existential Particle אִית Revisited: Theology and Ontology in Daniel 2:11
- The Aramaic Existential Particle אִית and Negative Existentials in Daniel 2:10
- Tense, Threat, and Timing: The Hitpaʿal Imperfect יִשְׁתַּנֵּא in Daniel 2:9
- Buying Time: The Participle זָבְנִין and Present-Tense Action in Biblical Aramaic
- The Peʿal Imperfect as Jussive: Soft Imperatives in the Royal Court
- Second Attempts and Stative Forms: The Peʿal Imperfect in Biblical Aramaic Requests
- “If” and “Therefore”: The Syntax and Force of Conditional Particles in Biblical Aramaic
- The Emphatic State in Biblical Aramaic: Forceful Nouns, Fearsome Decrees
Tag Archives: Daniel 2:12
Wrath and Decree: Volition and Intensity in Daniel 2:12
כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְהֹ֣ובָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃
(Daniel 2:12) Because of this, the king became furious and very angry, and he ordered to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. From Protest to Punishment Daniel 2:12 marks a turning point in the narrative. After the Chaldeans admit they cannot fulfill the king’s demand (Daniel 2:10–11), Nebuchadnezzar… Read the rest
(Daniel 2:12) Because of this, the king became furious and very angry, and he ordered to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. From Protest to Punishment Daniel 2:12 marks a turning point in the narrative. After the Chaldeans admit they cannot fulfill the king’s demand (Daniel 2:10–11), Nebuchadnezzar… Read the rest
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