Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Psalms.100.3", "source": "דְּע֗וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָה֮ ה֤וּא אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים הֽוּא־עָ֭שָׂנוּ *ולא **וְל֣וֹ אֲנַ֑חְנוּ עַ֝מּ֗וֹ וְצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֽוֹ׃", "text": "*dəʿû* that-*YHWH* *hûʾ* *ʾĕlōhîm*; *hûʾ*-*ʿāśānû* (*welōʾ*) **and-to-*lô* *ʾănaḥnû*; *ʿammô* and-*ṣōʾn* *marʿîtô*", "grammar": { "*dəʿû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - know", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*ʿāśānû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person common plural suffix - he made us", "*welōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not [textual variant]", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him/belonging to him", "*ʾănaḥnû*": "pronoun, 1st person common plural - we", "*ʿammô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people", "*ṣōʾn*": "noun, feminine singular construct - sheep/flock", "*marʿîtô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pasture" }, "variants": { "*dəʿû*": "know/understand/recognize", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being", "*ʿāśānû*": "he made us/he created us/he fashioned us", "(*welōʾ*) **וְל֣וֹ": "textual variant: 'and not we ourselves' vs. 'and we are his'", "*ʿammô*": "his people/his nation/his folk", "*ṣōʾn*": "sheep/flock/small cattle", "*marʿîtô*": "his pasture/his pasturage/his grazing place" } }