17{
"verseID": "Psalms.94.17",
"source": "לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי",
"text": "Unless *YHWH* *ʿezrātāh* for-me *kimʿaṭ* *šāknāh* *dûmāh* *napšî*",
"grammar": {
"*lûlê*": "conjunction - unless/if not for",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*ʿezrātāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - help",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person, singular pronominal suffix - for me",
"*kimʿaṭ*": "adverb - almost",
"*šāknāh*": "verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - she would have dwelt",
"*dûmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - silence/still place",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person, singular pronominal suffix - my soul"
},
"variants": {
"*lûlê*": "unless/if not for/had not",
"*ʿezrātāh*": "help/assistance",
"*kimʿaṭ*": "almost/nearly",
"*šāknāh*": "would have dwelt/would have resided",
"*dûmāh*": "silence/still place/place of death",
"*napšî*": "my soul/my life/myself"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Psalms.94.18",
"source": "אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי",
"text": "If-*ʾāmartî* *māṭāh* *raglî* *ḥasdəkā* *YHWH* *yisʿādēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-ʾāmartî*": "conditional particle + verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, singular - if I said",
"*māṭāh*": "verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - she has slipped",
"*raglî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person, singular pronominal suffix - my foot",
"*ḥasdəkā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person, masculine, singular pronominal suffix - your steadfast love",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*yisʿādēnî*": "verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular pronominal suffix - he will support me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmartî*": "I said/I thought",
"*māṭāh*": "has slipped/is slipping/has faltered",
"*raglî*": "my foot/my footstep",
"*ḥasdəkā*": "your steadfast love/your lovingkindness/your mercy",
"*yisʿādēnî*": "will support me/will uphold me/will sustain me"
}
}