שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י

   shil-to-NE

   the rulers of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֑א

   shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA

   the rulers of the province
3. clause🔊 וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֡א שְׁלַ֡ח לְמִכְנַ֣שׁ לַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡א אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא֩ גְדָ֨בְרַיָּ֤א דְּתָבְרַיָּא֙ תִּפְתָּיֵ֔א וְכֹ֖ל שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֑א

   u-ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA she-LAKH le-mikh-NASH la-a-khash-dar-pe-na-YA sig-na-YA u-fa-kha-va-TA a-dar-gaz-ra-YA ge-dav-ra-YA de-tav-ra-YA tif-ta-YE ve-KHOL shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA

   and Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather the satraps the prefects and the governors the counselors the treasurers the justices or judges the magistrates or officials and all the rulers of the province
4. sentence🔊 וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֡א שְׁלַ֡ח לְמִכְנַ֣שׁ לַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡א אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא֩ גְדָ֨בְרַיָּ֤א דְּתָבְרַיָּא֙ תִּפְתָּיֵ֔א וְכֹ֖ל שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֑א לְמֵתֵא֙ לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת צַלְמָ֔א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מַלְכָּֽא׃

   u-ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA she-LAKH le-mikh-NASH la-a-khash-dar-pe-na-YA sig-na-YA u-fa-kha-va-TA a-dar-gaz-ra-YA ge-dav-ra-YA de-tav-ra-YA tif-ta-YE ve-KHOL shil-to-NE me-di-na-TA le-me-TE la-kha-nuk-KAT tsal-MA DI ha-KEEM ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR mal-KA

   and Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather the satraps the prefects and the governors the counselors the treasurers the justices or judges the magistrates or officials and all the rulers of the province to come to the dedication of the image that set up Nebuchadnezzar the king

Exegesis

The list of officials—satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates—reflects the Persian imperial hierarchy, capped by vekol shiltonay medinata {וְכֹל שִׁלְטֹנֵי מְדִינָתָא | wə-ḵol šil-to-nē mə-di-nā-ṯā} ’and all the rulers of the provinces’.