there is
i.tay is an Aramaic affirming particle used in clauses asserting that a person, thing, or condition is present.
The particle marks affirming clauses about the presence or availability of a person, thing, or condition, including statements framed negatively: Daniel 2:10 and Daniel 3:29 speak of no person or other god able to act, while Daniel 2:28 and Daniel 5:11 introduce a god or a man as present.
Senses in use
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Affirming presence or availability in a clause · dominant
The supplied morphology identifies each form as a Particle · Affirmation. In Daniel 2:10 the APB renders a claim that “There is no man on earth” able to answer the king; Daniel 2:28 renders the contrasting assertion, “there is a god in heaven”; and Daniel 5:11 introduces “a man in your kingdom.” Daniel 3:29 likewise frames the statement that “there is no other god” able to deliver, while Ezra 5:17 places the matter in a question about whether a decree is present in the king's archives.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: Because the APB is not word-aligned, it cannot establish a fixed English equivalent. Across these clauses it commonly presents the assertion with “there is,” “There are,” or “there is no,” and in Ezra 5:17 as a question about whether a decree is present.