| 29. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with anteh {אַנְתְּה | ʾantə} ‘you’, followed by malkah {מַלְכָּא | malkā} ‘king’, directly addressing Nebuchadnezzar. The construct chain rayonakh {רַעְיוֹנָךְ | raʿyonākh} ‘your thoughts’ + al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ + mishkevakh {מִשְׁכְּבָךְ | miškəvākh} ‘your bed’ describes the king’s contemplations. Seliku {סְלִקוּ | səlīkū} ‘they arose’ focuses on the emergence of his thoughts. The clause ma di ləhewe ahare dena {מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא אַחֲרֵי דְנָה | mā dī ləhewe ʾaḥarē denā} ‘what that would be after this’ expresses the king’s concern for the future. The phrase vegale razayya {וְגָלֵא רָזַיָּא | wəgālē rāzayyā} functions as a divine title, “Revealer of mysteries”, and hodeakh {הוֹדְעָךְ | hōdʿăkh} ‘has made known to you’ narrates the revelation. The repetition of ma di ləhewe emphasizes focus on future events. English reorders subject and verb for clarity and divides the complex Aramaic into natural English segments. |