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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 2:16
The Peʿal Imperfect as a Petitionary Form in Daniel 2:16
וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל עַ֖ל וּבְעָ֣ה מִן־מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֚י זְמָ֣ן יִנְתֵּן־לֵ֔הּ וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃
(Daniel 2:16) And Daniel went in and requested from the king that time may be given to him, and that he might declare the interpretation to the king. The form יִנְתֵּן in Daniel 2:16 provides a vivid example of how Biblical Aramaic uses verbal morphology and syntax to frame a… Read the rest
(Daniel 2:16) And Daniel went in and requested from the king that time may be given to him, and that he might declare the interpretation to the king. The form יִנְתֵּן in Daniel 2:16 provides a vivid example of how Biblical Aramaic uses verbal morphology and syntax to frame a… Read the rest
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