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- The Passive Perfect גֲלִי in Biblical Aramaic
- The Peʿal Imperfect in a Purpose Clause: Analyzing יְהֹבְדוּן
- The Peʿal Perfect in Narrative Sequence: Understanding אֲזַ֑ל and הֹודַֽע
- 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
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The Passive Perfect גֲלִי in Biblical Aramaic
אֱדַ֗יִן לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל בְּחֶזְוָ֥א דִֽי־לֵילְיָ֖א רָזָ֣ה גֲלִ֑י אֱדַ֨יִן֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל בָּרִ֖ךְ לֶאֱלָ֥הּ שְׁמַיָּֽא׃ (Daniel 2:19)
Then to Daniel in a vision of the night the mystery was revealed; then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
In Daniel 2:19, the verb גֲלִי (“was revealed”) appears in the peʿil stem, the passive counterpart to the peʿal. This form provides a textbook example of how… Read the rest
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