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The Emphatic State in Biblical Aramaic: Forceful Nouns, Fearsome Decrees
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְכַשְׂדַּיָּ֔א מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֹֽודְעוּנַּ֨נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכֹ֖ון נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃
(Daniel 2:5) The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The matter has departed from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be made into pieces, and your houses shall be turned into dung-heaps.”… Read the rest
(Daniel 2:5) The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The matter has departed from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be made into pieces, and your houses shall be turned into dung-heaps.”… Read the rest
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