Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Psalms.125.3", "source": "כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֪א יָנ֡וּחַ שֵׁ֤בֶט הָרֶ֗שַׁע עַל֮ גּוֹרַ֢ל הַֽצַּדִּ֫יקִ֥ים לְמַ֡עַן לֹא־יִשְׁלְח֖וּ הַצַדִּיקִ֨ים בְּעַוְלָ֬תָה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃", "text": "For not *yānûaḥ* *šēbeṭ* of-*hāreša*ʿ upon *gôral* of-*haṣṣaddîqîm*, *ləmaʿan* not-*yišləḥû* *haṣaddîqîm* in-*ʿawlātāh* *yədêhem*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*yānûaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will rest/remain", "*šēbeṭ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - rod/scepter/tribe", "*hāreša*ʿ": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - wickedness/the wicked", "*gôral*": "noun, masculine singular construct - lot/portion/inheritance", "*haṣṣaddîqîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the righteous ones", "*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*yišləḥû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will stretch out/put forth", "*haṣaddîqîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the righteous ones", "*ʿawlātāh*": "noun, feminine singular - iniquity/injustice/unrighteousness", "*yədêhem*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their hands" }, "variants": { "*šēbeṭ hāreša*ʿ": "rod of wickedness/scepter of the wicked/authority of evil", "*gôral*": "lot/portion/inheritance/allotted territory", "*ləmaʿan*": "so that/in order that/with the result that", "*yišləḥû*": "put forth/stretch out/extend", "*ʿawlātāh*": "unrighteousness/injustice/iniquity" } }