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Recent Lessons
- The Peʿal Imperfect as a Petitionary Form in Daniel 2:16
- Exploring the Emphatic State in the Title שַׁלִּיטָ֣א
- Unpacking the Relative Particle דִּי in Daniel 2:14
- 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
Tag Archives: Daniel 2:15
Exploring the Emphatic State in the Title שַׁלִּיטָ֣א
עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר לְאַרְיֹוךְ֙ שַׁלִּיטָ֣א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֔א עַל־מָ֥ה דָתָ֛א מְהַחְצְפָ֖ה מִן־קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א אֱדַ֣יִן מִלְּתָ֔א הֹודַ֥ע אַרְיֹ֖וךְ לְדָנִיֵּֽאל׃
(Daniel 2:15) He answered and said to Arioch, the official of the king, “Why is the decree so urgent from before the king?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel. In this verse, the word שַׁלִּיטָ֣א (“the official” or “the ruler”) appears in the… Read the rest
(Daniel 2:15) He answered and said to Arioch, the official of the king, “Why is the decree so urgent from before the king?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel. In this verse, the word שַׁלִּיטָ֣א (“the official” or “the ruler”) appears in the… Read the rest
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