וְאָשַׁ֥ף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאָשַׁ֥ף

   ve-a-SHAF

   and enchanter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאָשַׁ֥ף וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃

   ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY

   and enchanter and Chaldean
3. clause🔊 כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚י כָּל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ רַ֣ב וְשַׁלִּ֔יט מִלָּ֤ה כִדְנָה֙ לָ֣א שְׁאֵ֔ל לְכָל־חַרְטֹּ֖ם וְאָשַׁ֥ף וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃

   KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY

   therefore or because of this that any king great and powerful a word or a matter like this not asked to any magician and enchanter and Chaldean
4. sentence🔊 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׃

   a-NO khas-da-YA khas-da-E ko-DAM-mal-KA ve-am-RIN laa-ee-TAI a-NASH al-yab-BESH-TAA DEE mil-LAT mal-KA yoo-KHAL le-hah-KHA-vah-YAA KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY

   answered the Chaldeans the Chaldeans before the king saying there is not a man on the dry land who or that word of the king is able to show therefore or because of this that any king great and powerful a word or a matter like this not asked to any magician and enchanter and Chaldean

Exegesis

The causal phrase kol-kovel di {כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚י | koll-qōḇēl dî} ‘because that’ gives the reason: no kol-melekh rav ve-shallit {כָּל־מֶלֶךְ רַב וְשַׁלִּיט | koll-meleḵ rab wə-šallîṭ} ‘any great and powerful king’ has ever posed milah khidnah {מִלָּה כִדְנָה | millāh kîdnāh} ‘a thing like this’ to chartom or ashaf {חַרְטֹּם וְאָשַׁ֥ף | ḥarṭōm wə-ʾāšāp̄} ‘magician or enchanter’ or Chaldean {כַשְׂדָּֽי | kašdāy}. The English rendering shifts to SVO order while preserving logical and emphatic relations.