בֵּ֠אדַיִן קְרִ֨יבוּ וְאָמְרִ֥ין קֳדָם־מַלְכָּא֮ עַל־אֱסָ֣ר מַלְכָּא֒ הֲלָ֧א אֱסָ֣ר רְשַׁ֗מְתָּ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִבְעֵה֩ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְג֖וֹב אַרְיָותָ֑א עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֗ר יַצִּיבָ֧א מִלְּתָ֛א כְּדָת־מָדַ֥י וּפָרַ֖ס דִּי־לָ֥א תֶעְדֵּֽא׃
·Debug: verse number 20586So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
/bē ʾdayín qᵉrī́vū wᵉ ʾomrī́n qŏdom malkā ʿal ʾĕsār malkā́ hă lā ʾĕsār rᵉšámtā dī xol ʾĕnāš dī yivʿḗ min kol ʾĕlāh we ʾĕnāš ʿad yōmī́n tᵉlātī́n lāhḗn minnā́x malkā́ yitrᵉmḗ lᵉ gōv ʾaryāwtā́ ʿānḗ malkā́ wᵉ ʾāmár yaṣṣīvā́ millᵉtā́ kᵉ dot mādáy ū fārás dī lā teʿdḗ /
Gloss translation
- bē
- in
- prep
- ʾdayín
- then
- adv
- qᵉrī́vū
- approach
- v √pe perf III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾomrī́n
- say
- v √pe part m pl abs
- qŏdom
- before
- prep sg con
- malkā
- king
- n m sg emph
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ʾĕsār
- inhibition
- n m sg con
- malkā́
- king
- n m sg emph
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lā
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾĕsār
- inhibition
- n m sg abs
- rᵉšámtā
- write
- v √pe perf II m sg
- dī
- [relative]
- cnj
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾĕnāš
- mankind
- n m sg abs
- dī
- [relative]
- cnj
- yivʿḗ
- seek
- v √pe imperf III m sg
- min
- from
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾĕlāh
- god
- n m sg abs
- we
- and
- cnj
- ʾĕnāš
- mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʿad
- until
- prep
- yōmī́n
- day
- n m pl abs
- tᵉlātī́n
- thirty
- n m pl abs
- lāhḗn
- but
- cnj
- minnā́x
- from
- prep + II m sg
- malkā́
- king
- n m sg emph
- yitrᵉmḗ
- throw
- v √hitpe imperf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- gōv
- pit
- n m sg con
- ʾaryāwtā́
- lion
- n m pl emph
- ʿānḗ
- answer
- v √pe part m sg abs
- malkā́
- king
- n m sg emph
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmár
- say
- v √pe part m sg abs
- yaṣṣīvā́
- reliable
- a f sg abs
- millᵉtā́
- word
- n f sg emph
- kᵉ
- like
- prep
- dot
- law
- n f sg con
- mādáy
- Media
- pn sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- fārás
- Persia
- pn sg abs
- dī
- [relative]
- cnj
- lā
- not
- ptcl—
- teʿdḗ
- go
- v √pe imperf II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase- bē ʔḏayiˈn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qᵊrîˈvû
- Time reference
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʔomrîˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - qᵒḏom malkā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ʔᵉsār malkāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lā
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉsār
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rᵊšaˈmtā
- Question
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- dî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḵol ʔᵉnāš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- dî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yivʕēˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - min kol ʔᵉlāh we ʔᵉnāš
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - ʕaḏ yômîˈn tᵊlāṯîˈn
- Relative
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lāhēˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - minnāˈḵ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - malkāˈ
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiṯrᵊmēˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḡôv ʔaryāwṯāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕānēˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - malkāˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈr
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- yaṣṣîvāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - millᵊṯāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ ḏoṯ māḏaˈy û fāraˈs
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- dî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯeʕdēˈ
- Relative