{ "verseID": "Psalms.131.1", "source": "שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ לֹא־גָבַ֣הּ לִ֭בִּי וְלֹא־רָמ֣וּ עֵינַ֑י וְלֹֽא־הִלַּ֓כְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי", "text": "*šîr* the-*maʿălôt* to-*Dāwid* *YHWH* not-*gābaḥ* *libbî* *wə*-not-*rāmû* *ʿênay* *wə*-not-*hillaktî* in-*gədōlôt* *û*-in-*nip̄lāʾôt* from-me", "grammar": { "*šîr*": "construct state, masculine, singular - 'song of'", "*maʿălôt*": "feminine, plural, with definite article - 'the ascents/steps'", "*Dāwid*": "proper name with preposition *lə* - 'to/of/for David'", "*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton", "*gābaḥ*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'has been high/proud'", "*libbî*": "noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my heart'", "*wə*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*rāmû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - 'have been lifted up/exalted'", "*ʿênay*": "noun, dual with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my eyes'", "*hillaktî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have walked/gone about'", "*gədōlôt*": "feminine plural adjective - 'great things'", "*û*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*nip̄lāʾôt*": "niphal participle, feminine plural - 'wonderful/marvelous things'", "*mimmennî*": "preposition *min* with 1st person singular suffix - 'from me/beyond me'" }, "variants": { "*šîr hamaʿălôt*": "song of ascents/song of steps/song of degrees", "*gābaḥ*": "to be high/proud/lifted up", "*rāmû*": "to be high/lifted up/exalted/haughty", "*hillaktî*": "to walk/go about/behave oneself", "*gədōlôt*": "great things/matters too great", "*nip̄lāʾôt*": "wonderful things/marvelous things/things too difficult" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.131.2", "source": "אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי", "text": "if-not *šiwwîtî* *wə*-*dômamtî* *nap̄šî* like-*gāmul* upon *ʾimmô* like-the-*gāmul* upon-me *nap̄šî*", "grammar": { "*šiwwîtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have composed/made level/calmed'", "*wə*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*dômamtî*": "polel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have silenced/stilled'", "*nap̄šî*": "noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'", "*gāmul*": "passive participle, masculine singular - 'weaned child'", "*ʿălê*": "preposition with construct state - 'upon'", "*ʾimmô*": "noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his mother'", "*ka*": "preposition - 'like/as'", "*ha-gāmul*": "passive participle with definite article - 'the weaned child'", "*ʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'upon me'" }, "variants": { "*ʾim-lōʾ*": "surely/certainly (oath formula)/if not", "*šiwwîtî*": "to set/place/compose/calm/level", "*dômamtî*": "to be silent/still/quiet/at rest", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/myself/my life/my being", "*gāmul*": "weaned child/infant" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.131.3", "source": "יַחֵ֣ל יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם", "text": "*yaḥēl* *Yiśrāʾēl* unto-*YHWH* from-*ʿattâ* *wə*-unto-*ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*yaḥēl*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - 'wait/hope'", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - 'Israel'", "*ʾel*": "preposition - 'to/unto/toward'", "*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton", "*mē*": "preposition - 'from'", "*ʿattâ*": "adverb - 'now'", "*wə*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*ʿad*": "preposition - 'until/unto'", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - 'forever/eternity'" }, "variants": { "*yaḥēl*": "to wait/hope/expect", "*ʿattâ*": "now/this time/presently", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/everlasting/eternity/perpetuity" } }