עֲנ֨וֹ כשדיא [כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤י] קֳדָם־מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לָֽא־אִיתַ֤י אֲנָשׁ֙ עַל־יַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔א דִּ֚י מִלַּ֣ת מַלְכָּ֔א יוּכַ֖ל לְהַחֲוָיָ֑ה כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚י כָּל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ רַ֣ב וְשַׁלִּ֔יט מִלָּ֤ה כִדְנָה֙ לָ֣א שְׁאֵ֔ל לְכָל־חַרְטֹּ֖ם וְאָשַׁ֥ף וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃
Debug: verse number 20437The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
/ʿănō *xaśdāʾḗ qŏdom malkā́ wᵉ ʾā́mᵉrīn lā ʾītáy ʾănāš ʿal yabbeštā́ dī millát malkā́ yūxál lᵉ haḥăwāyā́ kā l qŏvēl dī kol mélex rav wᵉ šallī́ṭ millā́ xi dᵉnā lā šᵉʾēl lᵉ xol ḥarṭṭṓm wᵉ ʾāšáf wᵉ xaśdā́y /
Gloss translation
- ʿănō
- answer
- v √pe perf III m pl
- *xaśdāʾḗ
- Chaldaean
- n m pl emph
- qŏdom
- before
- prep sg con
- malkā́
- king
- n m sg emph
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾā́mᵉrīn
- say
- v √pe part m pl abs
- lā
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾītáy
- existence
- n sg abs
- ʾănāš
- mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- yabbeštā́
- land
- n f sg emph
- dī
- [relative]
- cnj
- millát
- word
- n f sg con
- malkā́
- king
- n m sg emph
- yūxál
- be able
- v √pe imperf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haḥăwāyā́
- know
- v √haf infcon abs
- kā
- like
- prep
- l
- to
- prep
- qŏvēl
- opposite
- n sg con
- dī
- [relative]
- cnj
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- rav
- great
- a m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šallī́ṭ
- mighty
- a m sg abs
- millā́
- word
- n f sg abs
- xi
- like
- prep
- dᵉnā
- this
- prod m sg
- lā
- not
- ptcl—
- šᵉʾēl
- ask
- v √pe perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ḥarṭṭṓm
- magician
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāšáf
- enchanter
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xaśdā́y
- Chaldaean
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃnô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - *ḵaśdāʔêˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - qᵒḏom malkāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʔāˈmᵊrîn
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lā
- Existence
Nominal phrase - ʔîṯaˈy
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃnāš ʕal yabbeštāˈ
- Negation
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
Predicative complement clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- dî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - millaˈṯ malkāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yûḵaˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Object clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ haḥᵃwāyāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kā l qᵒvēl dî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol meˈleḵ rav wᵊ šallîˈṭ
- Object
Nominal phrase - millāˈ ḵi ḏᵊnā
- Negation
Negative phrase- lā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵊʔēl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḵol ḥarṭṭōˈm wᵊ ʔāšaˈf wᵊ ḵaśdāˈy
- Conjunction