{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.1", "source": "לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃", "text": "to-the-*mənaṣṣēaḥ* *mizmôr* to-*dāwid*", "grammar": { "*mənaṣṣēaḥ*": "noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'la' preposition ('to/for') - director/choirmaster", "*mizmôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - psalm/song", "*dāwid*": "proper noun - with prefixed 'lə' preposition ('to/for') - David" }, "variants": { "*mənaṣṣēaḥ*": "director/choirmaster/supervisor/chief musician", "*mizmôr*": "psalm/melody/song with instrumental accompaniment" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.2", "source": "אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*ʾašrê* *maśkîl* unto-*dāl* in-*yôm* *rāʿâ* *yəmalləṭēhû* *Yahweh*", "grammar": { "*ʾašrê*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct state - blessed/happy", "*maśkîl*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who gives attention to/considers", "*dāl*": "adjective, masculine, singular - with 'el' preposition - weak/poor/needy", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - day", "*rāʿâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - evil/distress/calamity", "*yəmalləṭēhû*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will deliver him", "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name" }, "variants": { "*ʾašrê*": "blessed/happy/fortunate", "*maśkîl*": "one who considers/gives attention to/acts wisely toward", "*dāl*": "poor/weak/helpless/thin/low", "*rāʿâ*": "evil/distress/misery/calamity/disaster" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.3", "source": "יְהוָ֤ה ׀ יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ *יאשר **וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַֽל־תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃", "text": "*Yahweh* *yišmərēhû* *wîḥayyēhû* *wəʾuššar* in-the-*ʾāreṣ* and-not-*tittənēhû* in-*nepeš* *ʾōyəbāyw*", "grammar": { "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name", "*yišmərēhû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will keep/preserve him", "*wîḥayyēhû*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with 'wə' conjunction - and will give life to him", "*wəʾuššar*": "verb, Pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with 'wə' conjunction - and will be made blessed/happy", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - with prefixed 'ba' preposition ('in') - land/earth", "*tittənēhû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with negation 'al' and 'wə' conjunction - and do not give/deliver him", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine, singular - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - soul/desire", "*ʾōyəbāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his enemies" }, "variants": { "*yišmərēhû*": "will keep/preserve/protect/guard him", "*wîḥayyēhû*": "and will give life to/revive/sustain him", "*wəʾuššar*": "and will be blessed/made happy/prospered", "*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/ground/territory", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/desire/appetite/will", "*ʾōyəbāyw*": "his enemies/foes/adversaries" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.4", "source": "יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃", "text": "*Yahweh* *yisʿādenû* upon-*ʿereś* *dəwāy* all-*miškābô* *hāpaktā* in-*ḥālyô*", "grammar": { "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name", "*yisʿādenû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will sustain/support him", "*ʿereś*": "noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'ʿal' preposition ('upon') - bed/couch", "*dəwāy*": "noun, masculine, singular - sickness/illness", "*miškābô*": "noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bed/couch", "*hāpaktā*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have turned/changed", "*ḥālyô*": "noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - his sickness" }, "variants": { "*yisʿādenû*": "will sustain/support/strengthen/uphold him", "*ʿereś*": "bed/couch/divan", "*dəwāy*": "illness/sickness/languishing", "*miškābô*": "his bed/couch/place of lying down", "*hāpaktā*": "you have turned/changed/transformed/overturned", "*ḥālyô*": "his sickness/illness/disease" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.5", "source": "אֲ‍ֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃", "text": "*ʾănî*-*ʾāmartî* *Yahweh* *ḥānnēnî* *rəpāʾâ* *napšî* for-*ḥāṭāʾtî* to-you", "grammar": { "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said", "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ḥānnēnî*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me", "*rəpāʾâ*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - heal", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ḥāṭāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - with prefixed 'kî' conjunction ('for/because') - I have sinned", "to-you": "preposition 'lə' with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmartî*": "I said/spoke/declared", "*ḥānnēnî*": "be gracious to me/show favor to me/be merciful to me", "*rəpāʾâ*": "heal/cure/restore", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/person", "*ḥāṭāʾtî*": "I have sinned/missed the mark/done wrong" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.6", "source": "אוֹיְבַ֗י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְאָבַ֥ד שְׁמֽוֹ׃", "text": "*ʾôyəbay* *yōʾmərû* *raʿ* to-me when *yāmût* and-*ʾābad* *šəmô*", "grammar": { "*ʾôyəbay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies", "*yōʾmərû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will say", "*raʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad", "to-me": "preposition 'lə' with 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*mātay*": "interrogative adverb - when", "*yāmût*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will die", "*ʾābad*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with 'wə' conjunction - and perish", "*šəmô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name" }, "variants": { "*ʾôyəbay*": "my enemies/foes/adversaries", "*yōʾmərû*": "they will say/speak/declare", "*raʿ*": "evil/bad/distress/misery", "*yāmût*": "he will die/expire", "*ʾābad*": "perish/be destroyed/vanish", "*šəmô*": "his name/reputation/renown" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.7", "source": "וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת ׀ שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבָּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃", "text": "and-if-*bāʾ* *lirʾôt* *šāwʾ* *yədabbēr* *libbô* *yiqbāṣ*-*ʾāwen* to-him *yēṣēʾ* to-the-*ḥûṣ* *yədabbēr*", "grammar": { "*bāʾ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'wə-ʾim' conjunction ('and if') - he comes", "*lirʾôt*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct with prefixed 'lə' preposition - to see", "*šāwʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/emptiness", "*yədabbēr*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he speaks", "*libbô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his heart", "*yiqbāṣ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gathers", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness", "to-him": "preposition 'lə' with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him", "*yēṣēʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he goes out", "*ḥûṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'la' preposition ('to') - outside", "*yədabbēr*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he speaks" }, "variants": { "*bāʾ*": "comes/enters/arrives", "*lirʾôt*": "to see/observe/visit", "*šāwʾ*": "falsehood/emptiness/vanity/worthlessness", "*yədabbēr*": "speaks/talks/declares", "*libbô*": "his heart/mind/inner self", "*yiqbāṣ*": "gathers/collects/amasses", "*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow", "*yēṣēʾ*": "goes out/goes forth/departs", "*ḥûṣ*": "outside/street/abroad" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.8", "source": "יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י ׀ יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃", "text": "*yaḥad* against-me *yitlaḥăšû* all-*śōnʾāy* against-me *yaḥšəbû* *rāʿâ* to-me", "grammar": { "*yaḥad*": "adverb - together", "against-me": "preposition 'ʿal' with 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*yitlaḥăšû*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they whisper together", "*śōnʾāy*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those hating me/my haters", "against-me": "preposition 'ʿal' with 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*yaḥšəbû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they devise/plan", "*rāʿâ*": "noun, feminine singular - evil/harm", "to-me": "preposition 'lə' with 1st person singular suffix - to me" }, "variants": { "*yaḥad*": "together/united/alike", "*yitlaḥăšû*": "whisper together/mutter/plot secretly", "*śōnʾāy*": "those who hate me/my enemies", "*yaḥšəbû*": "devise/plan/think/calculate", "*rāʿâ*": "evil/harm/misery/disaster" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.9", "source": "דְּֽבַר־בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָצ֣וּק בּ֑וֹ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁ֝כַ֗ב לֹא־יוֹסִ֥יף לָקֽוּם׃", "text": "*dəbar*-*bəliyyaʿal* *yāṣûq* in-him and-that *šākab* not-*yôsîp* to-*lāqûm*", "grammar": { "*dəbar*": "noun, masculine, construct state - word/matter of", "*bəliyyaʿal*": "noun, masculine singular - worthlessness/wickedness", "*yāṣûq*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - poured out/firmly fixed", "in-him": "preposition 'bə' with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in him", "*šākab*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'wa-ʾăšer' conjunction ('and who') - he lies down", "*yôsîp*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with negation 'lō' - he will not add/continue", "*lāqûm*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct - with prefixed 'lə' preposition - to rise" }, "variants": { "*dəbar*": "word/matter/thing", "*bəliyyaʿal*": "worthlessness/wickedness/destruction/evil", "*yāṣûq*": "poured out/firmly fixed/attached", "*šākab*": "lies down/rests/sleeps", "*yôsîp*": "add/continue/do again", "*lāqûm*": "to rise/stand up/get up" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.10", "source": "גַּם־אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֨י ׀ אֲשֶׁר־בָּטַ֣חְתִּי ב֭וֹ אוֹכֵ֣ל לַחְמִ֑י הִגְדִּ֖יל עָלַ֣י עָקֵֽב׃", "text": "also-*ʾîš* *šəlômî* whom-*bāṭaḥtî* in-him *ʾôkēl* *laḥmî* *higdîl* against-me *ʿāqēb*", "grammar": { "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'gam' adverb ('also') - man", "*šəlômî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my peace/friendship", "*bāṭaḥtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - with prefixed 'ʾăšer' relative pronoun ('whom') - I trusted", "in-him": "preposition 'bə' with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in him", "*ʾôkēl*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - eating", "*laḥmî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my bread", "*higdîl*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has lifted up/magnified", "against-me": "preposition 'ʿal' with 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*ʿāqēb*": "noun, masculine singular - heel" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš*": "man/person/individual", "*šəlômî*": "my peace/friendship/well-being", "*bāṭaḥtî*": "I trusted/relied/was confident in", "*ʾôkēl*": "eating/consuming/partaking of", "*laḥmî*": "my bread/food/sustenance", "*higdîl*": "lifted up/magnified/made great", "*ʿāqēb*": "heel/footprint/treachery" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.11", "source": "וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה חָנֵּ֥נִי וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִי וַֽאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃", "text": "and-*ʾattâ* *Yahweh* *ḥānnēnî* and-*hăqîmēnî* and-*ʾašallēmâ* to-them", "grammar": { "*ʾattâ*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - you", "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ḥānnēnî*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me", "*hăqîmēnî*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - raise me up", "*ʾašallēmâ*": "verb, Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - that I may repay", "to-them": "preposition 'lə' with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them" }, "variants": { "*ʾattâ*": "you", "*ḥānnēnî*": "be gracious to me/show mercy to me/favor me", "*hăqîmēnî*": "raise me up/help me stand/restore me", "*ʾašallēmâ*": "that I may repay/recompense/reward" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.12", "source": "בְּזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־חָפַ֣צְתָּ בִּ֑י כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יָרִ֖יעַ אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃", "text": "by-*zōʾt* *yādaʿtî* that-*ḥāpaṣtā* in-me for not-*yārîaʿ* *ʾōyəbî* over-me", "grammar": { "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('by') - this", "*yādaʿtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know", "*ḥāpaṣtā*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'kî' conjunction ('that') - you delight", "in-me": "preposition 'bə' with 1st person singular suffix - in me", "*yārîaʿ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'kî lō' ('for not') - he shouts in triumph", "*ʾōyəbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my enemy", "over-me": "preposition 'ʿal' with 1st person singular suffix - over me" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿtî*": "I know/perceive/recognize", "*ḥāpaṣtā*": "you delight/take pleasure/desire", "*yārîaʿ*": "shout in triumph/rejoice/exult" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.13", "source": "וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "and-*ʾănî* in-*tummî* *tāmaktā* in-me and-*taṣṣîbēnî* to-*pānêkā* to-*ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - I", "*tummî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - my integrity", "*tāmaktā*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you uphold", "in-me": "preposition 'bə' with 1st person singular suffix - in me", "*taṣṣîbēnî*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - you set me", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with prefixed 'lə' preposition ('to') - your face/presence", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'lə' preposition ('to') - forever" }, "variants": { "*tummî*": "my integrity/completeness/innocence", "*tāmaktā*": "you uphold/support/grasp", "*taṣṣîbēnî*": "you set/place/establish me", "*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/before you", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.41.14", "source": "בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭הָעוֹלָם וְעַ֥ד הָעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן ׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃", "text": "*bārûk* *Yahweh* *ʾĕlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* from-the-*ʿôlām* and-unto the-*ʿôlām* *ʾāmēn* and-*ʾāmēn*", "grammar": { "*bārûk*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - blessed", "*Yahweh*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state - God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'mē-ha' ('from the') - eternity/forever", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'ha' ('the') and preceding 'wə-ʿad' ('and unto') - eternity/forever", "*ʾāmēn*": "interjection - truly/surely", "*ʾāmēn*": "interjection - with prefixed 'wə' conjunction ('and') - truly/surely" }, "variants": { "*bārûk*": "blessed/praised", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "God of", "*ʿôlām*": "eternity/forever/everlasting/ancient time", "*ʾāmēn*": "truly/surely/let it be so" } }