{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.1", "source": "לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צוּרִ֗י הַֽמְלַמֵּ֣ד יָדַ֣י לַקְרָ֑ב אֶ֝צְבְּעוֹתַ֗י לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃", "text": "Of *Dāwid* ׀ *Bārûk* *YHWH* ׀ my *ṣûrî*, the *hamlammēd* my *yāday* for *laqrāb*, my *ʾeṣbəʿôtay* for *lammilḥāmâ*.", "grammar": { "*lĕdāwid*": "preposition + proper noun - belonging to/of David", "*bārûk*": "passive participle, masculine singular - blessed", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*ṣûrî*": "noun + 1st person singular suffix - my rock", "*hamlammēd*": "definite article + Piel participle, masculine singular - the one teaching", "*yāday*": "noun dual + 1st person singular suffix - my hands", "*laqrāb*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - for battle", "*ʾeṣbəʿôtay*": "noun feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my fingers", "*lammilḥāmâ*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - for the war/battle" }, "variants": { "*ṣûrî*": "my rock/my strength/my fortress", "*hamlammēd*": "the one who trains/teaches/instructs", "*qrāb*": "battle/combat/warfare", "*milḥāmâ*": "war/battle/fighting" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.2", "source": "חַסְדִּ֥י וּמְצוּדָתִי֮ מִשְׂגַּבִּ֢י וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫י לִ֥י מָ֭גִנִּי וּב֣וֹ חָסִ֑יתִי הָרוֹדֵ֖ד עַמִּ֣י תַחְתָּֽי׃", "text": "My *ḥasdî* and my *mĕṣûdātî* my *miśgabbî* and my *mĕpalṭî* to me, my *māginnî* and in him I *ḥāsîtî*, the one who *hārôdēd* my *ʿammî* *taḥtāy*.", "grammar": { "*ḥasdî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my lovingkindness", "*mĕṣûdātî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my fortress", "*miśgabbî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my high tower", "*mĕpalṭî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my deliverer", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me", "*māginnî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my shield", "*bô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in him", "*ḥāsîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have taken refuge", "*hārôdēd*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one who subdues", "*ʿammî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my people", "*taḥtāy*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - under me" }, "variants": { "*ḥasdî*": "my lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love/loyalty", "*mĕṣûdātî*": "my fortress/stronghold/castle", "*miśgabbî*": "my high tower/stronghold/refuge", "*mĕpalṭî*": "my deliverer/rescuer", "*māginnî*": "my shield/defense/protection", "*ḥāsîtî*": "I have taken refuge/trusted/sought shelter", "*hārôdēd*": "the one who subdues/brings down/causes to rule" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.3", "source": "יְֽהוָ֗ה מָה־אָ֭דָם וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ בֶּן־אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ׃", "text": "*YHWH*, what is *ʾādām* that you *wattēdāʿēhû*, *ben*-*ʾĕnôš* that you *wattĕḥaššĕbēhû*?", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*māh*": "interrogative pronoun - what", "*ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular - mankind/human", "*wattēdāʿēhû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and you know him", "*ben*": "noun masculine construct - son of", "*ʾĕnôš*": "noun masculine singular - man/mankind", "*wattĕḥaššĕbēhû*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and you think of him/consider him" }, "variants": { "*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity", "*wattēdāʿēhû*": "and you know him/take notice of him/care for him", "*ʾĕnôš*": "man/mortal/mankind (often emphasizing frailty)", "*wattĕḥaššĕbēhû*": "and you consider him/think of him/regard him" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.4", "source": "אָ֭דָם לַהֶ֣בֶל דָּמָ֑ה יָ֝מָ֗יו כְּצֵ֣ל עוֹבֵֽר׃", "text": "*ʾĀdām* to the *hebel* *dāmâ*, his *yāmāyw* like *ṣēl* *ʿôbēr*.", "grammar": { "*ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular - mankind/human", "*lahebel*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - to the breath/vapor", "*dāmâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is like/resembles", "*yāmāyw*": "noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his days", "*kĕṣēl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like a shadow", "*ʿôbēr*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - passing/passing away" }, "variants": { "*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity", "*hebel*": "breath/vapor/vanity/emptiness", "*dāmâ*": "is like/resembles/is comparable to", "*ṣēl*": "shadow/shade", "*ʿôbēr*": "passing/passing away/fleeting" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.5", "source": "יְ֭הוָה הַט־שָׁמֶ֣יךָ וְתֵרֵ֑ד גַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃", "text": "*YHWH*, *haṭ* your *šāmeykā* and *wĕtērēd*, *gaʿ* in the *behārîm* and *wĕyeʿĕšānû*.", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*haṭ*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - bend/bow down", "*šāmeykā*": "noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heavens", "*wĕtērēd*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular jussive - and come down", "*gaʿ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - touch", "*behārîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - in the mountains", "*wĕyeʿĕšānû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they will smoke" }, "variants": { "*haṭ*": "bow down/bend/stretch out", "*wĕtērēd*": "and come down/descend", "*gaʿ*": "touch/strike", "*wĕyeʿĕšānû*": "and they will smoke/emit smoke/be in smoke" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.6", "source": "בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃", "text": "*Bĕrôq bārāq* and *ûtĕpîṣēm*, *šĕlaḥ* your *ḥiṣṣeykā* and *ûtĕhummēm*.", "grammar": { "*bĕrôq*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - flash forth/send out", "*bārāq*": "noun masculine singular - lightning", "*ûtĕpîṣēm*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and scatter them", "*šĕlaḥ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - send", "*ḥiṣṣeykā*": "noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your arrows", "*ûtĕhummēm*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and confuse them/throw them into confusion" }, "variants": { "*bĕrôq*": "flash forth/send out/cast forth", "*bārāq*": "lightning/lightning flash", "*ûtĕpîṣēm*": "and scatter them/disperse them", "*šĕlaḥ*": "send/send out/shoot", "*ûtĕhummēm*": "and confuse them/throw them into panic/discomfit them" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.7", "source": "שְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶ֗יךָ מִמָּ֫ר֥וֹם פְּצֵ֣נִי וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים מִ֝יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר׃", "text": "*Šĕlaḥ* your *yādeykā* from *mimmārôm*, *pĕṣēnî* and *wĕhaṣṣîlēnî* from *mimmayim rabbîm*, from *miyyad bĕnê nēkār*.", "grammar": { "*šĕlaḥ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - send/stretch out", "*yādeykā*": "noun feminine dual + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hands", "*mimmārôm*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - from on high", "*pĕṣēnî*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - rescue me", "*wĕhaṣṣîlēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and deliver me", "*mimmayim*": "preposition + noun masculine plural - from waters", "*rabbîm*": "adjective masculine plural - many/great", "*miyyad*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct - from the hand of", "*bĕnê*": "noun masculine plural construct - sons of", "*nēkār*": "noun masculine singular - foreignness/foreign" }, "variants": { "*šĕlaḥ*": "send/stretch out/extend", "*mimmārôm*": "from on high/from the height/from above", "*pĕṣēnî*": "rescue me/deliver me/free me", "*wĕhaṣṣîlēnî*": "and deliver me/and save me/and rescue me", "*mimmayim rabbîm*": "from many waters/from great waters (metaphor for danger)", "*bĕnê nēkār*": "sons of foreignness/foreigners/strangers" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.8", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃", "text": "*ʾĂšer pîhem dibber-šāwʾ*, and their *wîmînām yĕmîn šāqer*.", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*pîhem*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their mouth", "*dibber*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has spoken", "*šāwʾ*": "noun masculine singular - emptiness/falsehood/vanity", "*wîmînām*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their right hand", "*yĕmîn*": "noun feminine singular construct - right hand of", "*šāqer*": "noun masculine singular - falsehood/deception" }, "variants": { "*pîhem*": "their mouth (collective singular for plural 'mouths')", "*dibber-šāwʾ*": "has spoken emptiness/vanity/falsehood", "*yĕmîn šāqer*": "right hand of falsehood (idiom for deceptive oaths/promises)" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.9", "source": "אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים שִׁ֣יר חָ֭דָשׁ אָשִׁ֣ירָה לָּ֑ךְ בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּֽךְ׃", "text": "*ʾĔlōhîm*, *šîr ḥādāš ʾāšîrâ lāk*, with *bĕnēbel ʿāśôr ʾăzammĕrâ-lāk*.", "grammar": { "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun masculine plural - God/gods", "*šîr*": "noun masculine singular - song", "*ḥādāš*": "adjective masculine singular - new", "*ʾāšîrâ*": "Qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will sing", "*lāk*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you", "*bĕnēbel*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - with harp/lyre", "*ʿāśôr*": "noun masculine singular - ten-stringed (instrument)", "*ʾăzammĕrâ*": "Piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will make music", "*lāk*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods (plural form used for the singular God)", "*šîr ḥādāš*": "new song", "*ʾāšîrâ*": "I will sing/let me sing", "*nēbel*": "harp/lyre/stringed instrument", "*ʿāśôr*": "ten-stringed (instrument)/decachord", "*ʾăzammĕrâ*": "I will make music/play/sing psalms" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.10", "source": "הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן תְּשׁוּעָ֗ה לַמְּלָ֫כִ֥ים הַ֭פּוֹצֶה אֶת־דָּוִ֥ד עַבְדּ֗וֹ מֵחֶ֥רֶב רָעָֽה׃", "text": "The one who *hannôtēn tĕšûʿâ lammĕlākîm*, the one who *happôṣeh ʾet-dāwid ʿabdô mēḥereb rāʿâ*.", "grammar": { "*hannôtēn*": "definite article + Qal participle masculine singular - the one giving", "*tĕšûʿâ*": "noun feminine singular - salvation/deliverance", "*lammĕlākîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - to the kings", "*happôṣeh*": "definite article + Qal participle masculine singular - the one delivering", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*ʿabdô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servant", "*mēḥereb*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - from sword", "*rāʿâ*": "adjective feminine singular - evil" }, "variants": { "*hannôtēn*": "the one giving/who gives", "*tĕšûʿâ*": "salvation/deliverance/victory", "*happôṣeh*": "the one delivering/rescuing/freeing", "*ʿabdô*": "his servant/slave", "*ḥereb rāʿâ*": "evil sword/harmful sword/destructive sword" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.11", "source": "פְּצֵ֥נִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי֮ מִיַּ֢ד בְּֽנֵי־נֵ֫כָ֥ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃", "text": "*Pĕṣēnî wĕhaṣṣîlēnî miyyad bĕnê-nēkār ʾăšer pîhem dibber-šāwʾ*, and their *wîmînām yĕmîn šāqer*.", "grammar": { "*pĕṣēnî*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - rescue me", "*wĕhaṣṣîlēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and deliver me", "*miyyad*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct - from the hand of", "*bĕnê*": "noun masculine plural construct - sons of", "*nēkār*": "noun masculine singular - foreignness/foreign", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*pîhem*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their mouth", "*dibber*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has spoken", "*šāwʾ*": "noun masculine singular - emptiness/falsehood/vanity", "*wîmînām*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their right hand", "*yĕmîn*": "noun feminine singular construct - right hand of", "*šāqer*": "noun masculine singular - falsehood/deception" }, "variants": { "*pĕṣēnî*": "rescue me/deliver me/free me", "*wĕhaṣṣîlēnî*": "and deliver me/and save me/and rescue me", "*bĕnê-nēkār*": "sons of foreignness/foreigners/strangers", "*pîhem*": "their mouth (collective singular for plural 'mouths')", "*dibber-šāwʾ*": "has spoken emptiness/vanity/falsehood", "*yĕmîn šāqer*": "right hand of falsehood (idiom for deceptive oaths/promises)" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.12", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּנֵ֨ינוּ ׀ כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֢ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת תַּבְנִ֥ית הֵיכָֽל׃", "text": "*ʾĂšer bānênû kinṭiʿîm mĕguddālîm binʿûrêhem bĕnôtênû kĕzāwiyyōt mĕḥuṭṭābôt tabnît hêkāl*.", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*bānênû*": "noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our sons", "*kinṭiʿîm*": "preposition + noun masculine plural - like plants", "*mĕguddālîm*": "Pual participle masculine plural - grown up/nurtured", "*binʿûrêhem*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their youth", "*bĕnôtênû*": "noun feminine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our daughters", "*kĕzāwiyyōt*": "preposition + noun feminine plural - like corner pillars", "*mĕḥuṭṭābôt*": "Pual participle feminine plural - carved/cut out", "*tabnît*": "noun feminine singular construct - pattern/model of", "*hêkāl*": "noun masculine singular - palace/temple" }, "variants": { "*bānênû*": "our sons", "*kinṭiʿîm*": "like plants/saplings", "*mĕguddālîm*": "grown up/nurtured/raised", "*binʿûrêhem*": "in their youth/young age", "*bĕnôtênû*": "our daughters", "*kĕzāwiyyōt*": "like corner pillars/cornerstones", "*mĕḥuṭṭābôt*": "carved/cut out/fashioned", "*tabnît hêkāl*": "pattern of a palace/model of a temple" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.13", "source": "מְזָוֵ֣ינוּ מְלֵאִים֮ מְפִיקִ֥ים מִזַּ֗ן אֶ֫ל־זַ֥ן צֹאונֵ֣נוּ מַ֭אֲלִיפוֹת מְרֻבָּב֗וֹת בְּחוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "Our *mĕzāwênû mĕlēʾîm mĕpîqîm mizzan ʾel-zan ṣōʾûnēnû maʾălîpôt mĕrubbābôt bĕḥûṣôtênû*.", "grammar": { "*mĕzāwênû*": "noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our storehouses/granaries", "*mĕlēʾîm*": "adjective masculine plural - full", "*mĕpîqîm*": "Hiphil participle masculine plural - producing/supplying", "*mizzan*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - from kind", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*zan*": "noun masculine singular - kind/sort", "*ṣōʾûnēnû*": "noun feminine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our flocks", "*maʾălîpôt*": "Hiphil participle feminine plural - bringing forth thousands", "*mĕrubbābôt*": "Pual participle feminine plural - multiplied by ten thousands", "*bĕḥûṣôtênû*": "preposition + noun feminine plural + 1st person plural suffix - in our fields/pastures" }, "variants": { "*mĕzāwênû*": "our storehouses/granaries/barns", "*mĕlēʾîm*": "full/filled", "*mĕpîqîm*": "producing/furnishing/supplying", "*mizzan ʾel-zan*": "from kind to kind/all kinds/various kinds", "*ṣōʾûnēnû*": "our flocks/sheep", "*maʾălîpôt*": "bringing forth thousands/bearing thousands", "*mĕrubbābôt*": "multiplied by ten thousands/ten thousands of times", "*bĕḥûṣôtênû*": "in our fields/pastures/countryside" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.14", "source": "אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין־פֶּ֭רֶץ וְאֵ֣ין יוֹצֵ֑את וְאֵ֥ין צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "Our *ʾallûpênû mĕsubbālîm ʾên-pereṣ wĕʾên yôṣēʾt wĕʾên ṣĕwāḥâ birḥōbōtênû*.", "grammar": { "*ʾallûpênû*": "noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our oxen/chiefs", "*mĕsubbālîm*": "Pual participle masculine plural - laden/burdened", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is no", "*pereṣ*": "noun masculine singular - breach/breaking", "*wĕʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no", "*yôṣēʾt*": "Qal participle feminine singular - going out/going forth", "*wĕʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no", "*ṣĕwāḥâ*": "noun feminine singular - outcry/cry of distress", "*birḥōbōtênû*": "preposition + noun feminine plural + 1st person plural suffix - in our streets/open places" }, "variants": { "*ʾallûpênû*": "our oxen/cattle/chiefs", "*mĕsubbālîm*": "laden/burdened/bearing burdens", "*ʾên-pereṣ*": "no breach/no breaking in (of walls)", "*ʾên yôṣēʾt*": "no going out/no exile/no miscarrying", "*ʾên ṣĕwāḥâ*": "no cry of distress/no outcry/no complaining", "*birḥōbōtênû*": "in our streets/open places/town squares" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.144.15", "source": "אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם שֶׁכָּ֣כָה לּ֑וֹ אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י הָ֝עָ֗ם שֶׁיֲהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃", "text": "*ʾAšrê hāʿām šekkākâ lô ʾašrê hāʿām šeYHWH ʾĕlōhāyw*.", "grammar": { "*ʾašrê*": "noun masculine plural construct - happiness of/blessed", "*hāʿām*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the people", "*šekkākâ*": "relative particle + adverb - that thus", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him/for him", "*ʾašrê*": "noun masculine plural construct - happiness of/blessed", "*hāʿām*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the people", "*še*": "relative particle - that/who", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*ʾĕlōhāyw*": "noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his God" }, "variants": { "*ʾašrê*": "blessed/happy/fortunate", "*hāʿām*": "the people/nation", "*šekkākâ lô*": "that is in such a state/whose situation is like this", "*YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw*": "Yahweh his God/the LORD is his God" } }