21{
"verseID": "Psalms.136.21",
"source": "וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ",
"text": "*wənātan* *ʾarṣām* to-*naḥălāh* because to-*ʿôlām* *ḥasdô*",
"grammar": {
"*wənātan*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and he gave",
"*ʾarṣām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their land",
"*naḥălāh*": "noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - for inheritance/possession",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever",
"*ḥasdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness"
},
"variants": {
"*wənātan*": "and he gave/granted/bestowed",
"*ʾarṣām*": "their land/their territory",
"*naḥălāh*": "inheritance/heritage/possession",
"*ʿôlām*": "eternity/long duration/antiquity",
"*ḥasdô*": "his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Psalms.136.22",
"source": "נַ֭חֲלָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדּ֑וֹ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ",
"text": "*naḥălāh* to-*yiśrāʾēl* *ʿabdô* because to-*ʿôlām* *ḥasdô*",
"grammar": {
"*naḥălāh*": "noun, feminine singular - inheritance/possession",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for Israel",
"*ʿabdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servant",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever",
"*ḥasdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness"
},
"variants": {
"*naḥălāh*": "inheritance/heritage/possession",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "Israel (proper name)",
"*ʿabdô*": "his servant/his slave",
"*ʿôlām*": "eternity/long duration/antiquity",
"*ḥasdô*": "his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness"
}
}
23{
"verseID": "Psalms.136.23",
"source": "שֶׁ֭בְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ",
"text": "that-in-*šiplēnû* *zākar* to-us because to-*ʿôlām* *ḥasdô*",
"grammar": {
"שֶׁ֭בְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ": "relative particle + preposition bet + noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - that in our low estate",
"*zākar*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he remembered",
"לָ֑נוּ": "preposition lamed with 1st person plural suffix - to/for us",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever",
"*ḥasdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness"
},
"variants": {
"*šiplēnû*": "our low estate/our humiliation/our lowliness",
"*zākar*": "remembered/thought of/was mindful of",
"*ʿôlām*": "eternity/long duration/antiquity",
"*ḥasdô*": "his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness"
}
}