Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Psalms.56.14", "source": "כִּ֤י הִצַּ֪לְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֡י מִמָּוֶת֮ הֲלֹ֥א רַגְלַ֗י מִ֫דֶּ֥חִי לְ֭הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים בְּ֝א֗וֹר הֽ͏ַחַיִּֽים׃", "text": "For *hiṣṣaltā napšî mimmāwet* not *raglay middeḥî ləhithallēk lipnê ʾĕlōhîm bəʾôr haḥayyîm*", "grammar": { "*hiṣṣaltā*": "Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have delivered", "*napšî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*mimmāwet*": "masculine singular noun with min prefix - from death", "*raglay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my feet", "*middeḥî*": "masculine singular noun with min prefix - from stumbling", "*ləhithallēk*": "Hithpael infinitive construct with lamed prefix - to walk", "*lipnê*": "plural noun construct with lamed prefix - before the face of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun used as singular - God", "*bəʾôr*": "masculine singular noun with bet prefix - in the light of", "*haḥayyîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the living" }, "variants": { "*hiṣṣaltā*": "you have delivered/you have rescued/you have saved", "*napšî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*middeḥî*": "from stumbling/from falling/from being pushed down", "*ləhithallēk*": "to walk/to walk about/to move about", "*lipnê*": "before/in the presence of/in front of", "*bəʾôr*": "in the light of/in the light/by the light", "*haḥayyîm*": "the living/life/the alive" } }