דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת

   di-mil-LAT

   matter of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א

   di-mil-LAT mal-KA

   matter of the king
3. clause🔊 וּכְעַ֤ן הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֙נִי֙ דִּֽי־בְעֵ֣ינָא מִנָּ֔ךְ דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א הוֹדַעְתֶּֽנָא׃

   u-khe-AN ho-DAT-ta-NI di-be-E-NA min-NAKH di-mil-LAT mal-KA ho-DAT-te-NA

   and now have made known to me what we asked from you matter of the king have made known to us
4. sentence🔊 לָ֣ךְ אֱלָ֣הּ אֲבָהָתִ֗י מְהוֹדֵ֤א וּמְשַׁבַּח֙ אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֧י חָכְמְתָ֛א וּגְבוּרְתָ֖א יְהַ֣בְתְּ לִ֑י וּכְעַ֤ן הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֙נִי֙ דִּֽי־בְעֵ֣ינָא מִנָּ֔ךְ דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א הוֹדַעְתֶּֽנָא׃

   LAKH e-LAH a-va-ha-TI me-ho-DE u-me-sha-BAKH a-NA DI khokh-me-TA u-ge-vur-TA ye-HAVT LI u-khe-AN ho-DAT-ta-NI di-be-E-NA min-NAKH di-mil-LAT mal-KA ho-DAT-te-NA

   to you God of my fathers give thanks praise I that wisdom and might have given to me and now have made known to me what we asked from you matter of the king have made known to us

Exegesis

The fused clause dî-be‘ênāʾ minnākh {דִּֽי־בְעֵ֣ינָא מִנָּ֔ךְ | dî-be‘ênāʾ minnākh} ‘which from you’ expresses Daniel’s request, while dî-millat malkāʾ {דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א | dî-millat malkāʾ} ‘the matter of the king’ in construct form identifies the topic. The asyndetic stacking of relative clauses underscores the progressive revelation granted by the divine.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ל־תm-l-t

“word, matter”