Ps 44:1-5 : 1 {
"verseID": "Psalms.44.1",
"source": "לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃",
"text": "To the *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ* for *bĕnê*-*qōraḥ* *maśkîl*",
"grammar": {
"*mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*": "preposition lamed + participle, masculine singular - to the director/chief musician",
"*bĕnê*": "construct noun, masculine plural - sons of",
"*qōraḥ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Korah",
"*maśkîl*": "noun, masculine singular - contemplative poem/skilful psalm"
},
"variants": {
"*mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*": "director/chief musician/overseer",
"*maśkîl*": "contemplative poem/instructive psalm/skilful composition"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Psalms.44.2",
"source": "אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּ שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם בִּ֣ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃",
"text": "*ʾĕlōhîm* in *ʾoznênû* *šāmaʿnû* *ʾăbôtênû* *sippĕrû*-to us *pōʿal* *pāʿaltā* in *bîmêhem* in *bîmê* *qedem*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural (intensive plural) - God",
"*ʾoznênû*": "noun, feminine dual + 1st person plural possessive suffix - our ears",
"*šāmaʿnû*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person plural - we heard",
"*ʾăbôtênû*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person plural possessive suffix - our fathers",
"*sippĕrû*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they told/recounted",
"*pōʿal*": "noun, masculine singular construct - work of",
"*pāʿaltā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you did/worked",
"*bîmêhem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their days",
"*bîmê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - in days of",
"*qedem*": "noun, masculine singular - ancient times/east"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings",
"*sippĕrû*": "told/recounted/declared",
"*pōʿal*": "work/deed/action",
"*qedem*": "ancient times/antiquity/east"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Psalms.44.3",
"source": "אַתָּ֤ה ׀ יָדְךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃",
"text": "*ʾattāh* *yādĕkā* *gôyim* *hôraštā* *wattițțāʿēm* *tāraʿ* *lĕʾummîm* *watĕšallĕḥēm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾattāh*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you",
"*yādĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*gôyim*": "noun, masculine plural - nations",
"*hôraštā*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you dispossessed",
"*wattițțāʿēm*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect + 3rd person masculine plural suffix, apocopated form with waw consecutive - and you planted them",
"*tāraʿ*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you afflicted/did evil to",
"*lĕʾummîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - to peoples/nations",
"*watĕšallĕḥēm*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix, waw consecutive - and you sent them away/spread them"
},
"variants": {
"*hôraštā*": "dispossessed/drove out/disinherited",
"*tāraʿ*": "afflicted/shattered/did evil to",
"*watĕšallĕḥēm*": "sent away/spread/extended"
}
}
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"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.44.5",
"source": "אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃",
"text": "*ʾattāh*-*hûʾ* *malkî* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ṣawwēh* *yĕšûʿôt* *yaʿăqōb*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾattāh*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*malkî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my king",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural (intensive plural) - God",
"*ṣawwēh*": "verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - command",
"*yĕšûʿôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - salvations of",
"*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings",
"*yĕšûʿôt*": "salvations/deliverances/victories"
}
}