Verse 4

{ "verseID": "Psalms.44.4", "source": "כִּ֤י לֹ֤א בְחַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ אָ֗רֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם֮ לֹא־הוֹשִׁ֢יעָ֫ה לָּ֥מוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וּ֭זְרוֹעֲךָ וְא֥וֹר פָּנֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣י רְצִיתָֽם׃", "text": "For not *bĕḥarbām* *yārĕšû* *ʾāreṣ* and *zĕrôʿām* not-*hôšîʿāh* *lāmô* for-*yĕmînĕkā* and-*zĕrôʿăkā* and-*ʾôr* *pānêkā* for *rĕṣîtām*", "grammar": { "*bĕḥarbām*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - by their sword", "*yārĕšû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they possessed/inherited", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth", "*zĕrôʿām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their arm", "*hôšîʿāh*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it saved", "*lāmô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them", "*yĕmînĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your right hand", "*zĕrôʿăkā*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your arm", "*ʾôr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and light of", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face", "*rĕṣîtām*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you favored them" }, "variants": { "*yārĕšû*": "possessed/inherited/dispossessed", "*zĕrôʿām*": "arm/strength/power", "*rĕṣîtām*": "favored/delighted in/accepted favorably" } }