Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Psalms.129.3", "source": "עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃", "text": "Upon *gabbî* *ḥārəšû* *ḥōrəšîm* *heʾĕrîḵû* *ləmaʿănîtām*", "grammar": { "*gabbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my back", "*ḥārəšû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they plowed", "*ḥōrəšîm*": "participle, Qal masculine plural - plowers/plowmen", "*heʾĕrîḵû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they made long/extended", "*ləmaʿănîtām*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their furrows/plowing" }, "variants": { "*ḥārəšû*": "plowed/engraved/cut", "*ḥōrəšîm*": "plowers/plowmen/engravers", "*heʾĕrîḵû*": "made long/extended/prolonged", "*ləmaʿănîtām*": "their furrows/their plowing/their cutting" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Isaiah.51.23", "source": "וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ בְּיַד־מוֹגַ֔יִךְ אֲשֶׁר־אָמְר֥וּ לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ שְׁחִ֣י וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ גֵּוֵ֔ךְ וְכַח֖וּץ לַעֹבְרִֽים", "text": "*wəśamtîhā bəyad-môgayik 'ăšer-'āmərû lənap̄šēk šəḥî wəna'ăbōrâ wattāśîmî kā'āreṣ gēwēk wəkaḥûṣ lā'ōbərîm*", "grammar": { "*wəśamtîhā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and I will put it", "*bəyad*": "preposition + common noun, feminine singular construct - in hand of", "*môgayik*": "Hiphil participle, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - those afflicting you", "*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - who", "*'āmərû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they said", "*lənap̄šēk*": "preposition + common noun, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - to your soul", "*šəḥî*": "Qal imperative, feminine singular - bow down", "*wəna'ăbōrâ*": "conjunction + Qal cohortative, 1st person plural - that we may cross over", "*wattāśîmî*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you made", "*kā'āreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - like the ground", "*gēwēk*": "common noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your back/body", "*wəkaḥûṣ*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - and like the street", "*lā'ōbərîm*": "preposition + definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural - for the passersby" }, "variants": { "*môgayik*": "those afflicting you/your tormentors", "*nap̄šēk*": "your soul/your life/yourself", "*šəḥî*": "bow down/prostrate yourself", "*na'ăbōrâ*": "that we may cross over/that we may pass over", "*gēwēk*": "your back/your body/your person", "*ḥûṣ*": "street/outside", "*'ōbərîm*": "passersby/those who cross over" } }
  • Ps 141:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.141.7", "source": "כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃", "text": "Like *pōlēaḥ* and-*bōqēa'* in-the-*'āreṣ* [earth], *nipzərû* *'ăṣāmênû* [our bones] at-mouth-of *šə'ôl*.", "grammar": { "*pōlēaḥ*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - one who cleaves/splits", "*bōqēa'*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - one who breaks open/cleaves", "*'āreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land/ground", "*nipzərû*": "verb, niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are scattered", "*'ăṣāmênû*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our bones", "*šə'ôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/grave/underworld" }, "variants": { "*pōlēaḥ*": "one who cleaves/splits/cuts", "*bōqēa'*": "one who breaks open/cleaves/splits", "*'āreṣ*": "earth/land/ground/territory", "*nipzərû*": "they are scattered/dispersed/spread", "*'ăṣāmênû*": "our bones/strength", "*šə'ôl*": "Sheol/grave/pit/underworld" } }