בְּיֹ֨ום עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֛ה לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בַּשִּׁשִּׁ֑י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Daryavesh the king.
Morphology
- בְּיֹום (be-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: Preposition בְּ + noun masculine singular; Translation: “on the day”; Notes: Introduces a precise date marker.
- עֶשְׂרִים (esrim) – Root: עשר (ʿasar); Form: Numeral masculine plural; Translation: “twenty”; Notes: Part of the compound date expression.
- וְאַרְבָּעָה (ve-arbaʿah) – Root: ארבע (arbaʿ); Form: Conjunction + numeral masculine singular; Translation: “and four”; Notes: Completes the number twenty-four.
- לַחֹדֶשׁ (la-ḥodesh) – Root: חדשׁ (ḥadash); Form: Preposition לְ + definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “of the month”; Notes: Refers to the monthly calendar cycle.
- בַּשִּׁשִּׁי (ba-shishi) – Root: שׁשׁ (shesh); Form: Preposition בְּ + definite ordinal adjective masculine singular; Translation: “in the sixth”; Notes: Identifies the sixth month of the post-exilic calendar.
- בִּשְׁנַת (bishnat) – Root: שׁנה (shanah); Form: Preposition בְּ + noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “in the year of”; Notes: Standard dating formula.
- שְׁתַּיִם (shetayim) – Root: שת (shat) / שׁנים (shanim); Form: Numeral feminine singular; Translation: “two”; Notes: Refers to the regnal year.
- לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ (le-Daryavesh) – Root: (Persian loan-name); Form: Preposition לְ + proper noun; Translation: “of Daryavesh”; Notes: The Persian king commonly known as Darius.
- הַמֶּלֶךְ (ha-melekh) – Root: מלך (melekh); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the king”; Notes: Confirms the regnal dating system.