KJV: Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
YLT: Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
Darby: Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.
ASV: Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
כְּעַ֣ן | Now |
Parse: Adverb Root: כְּעַן Sense: now, at this time, until now. |
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מַלְכָּ֔א | king |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |
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תְּקִ֥ים | establish |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to arise, stand. |
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אֱסָרָ֖א | decree the |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate Root: אֱסָר Sense: interdict, decree, decree of restriction. |
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וְתִרְשֻׁ֣ם | and sign |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: רְשַׁם Sense: to inscribe, sign. |
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כְּתָבָ֑א | writing the |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate Root: כְּתָב Sense: a writing. |
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דִּ֣י | so that |
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: דִּי Sense: who, which, that mark of genitive. |
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לָ֧א | cannot |
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: לָא Sense: no, not, nothing. |
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לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה | it be changed |
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: שְׁנָה Sense: to change, be altered, be changed. |
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כְּדָת־ | according to the law |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: דָּת Sense: decree, law. |
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מָדַ֥י | of the Mede |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מָדַי Sense: an inhabitant of Media. |
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וּפָרַ֖ס | and Persian |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פָּרַס Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south. |
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תֶעְדֵּֽא | does alter |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: עֲדָה Sense: to pass on, pass away. |