Ps 94:7-9 : 7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.94.7",
"source": "וַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־יָּ֑הּ וְלֹא־יָ֝בִ֗ין אֱלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב",
"text": "*wayyōʾmərû* not *yirʾeh-Yāh* *wə-lōʾ-yābîn* *ʾĕlōhê* *yaʿăqōb*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "conjunction + verb, qal, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, plural - and they say",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yirʾeh*": "verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he sees",
"*Yāh*": "proper noun - shortened form of divine name",
"*wə-lōʾ-yābîn*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he does not perceive/understand",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct - God of",
"*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "and they say/said",
"*yirʾeh*": "sees/perceives/notices",
"*yābîn*": "perceives/understands/discerns",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "God of/deity of"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.94.8",
"source": "בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ",
"text": "*bînû* *bōʿărîm* in-the-*ʿām* *û-kəsîlîm* *mātay* *taśkîlû*",
"grammar": {
"*bînû*": "verb, qal, imperative, masculine, plural - understand/consider",
"*bōʿărîm*": "participle, qal, masculine, plural - brutish ones/stupid ones",
"*bā-ʿām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - in the people",
"*û-kəsîlîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, plural - and fools",
"*mātay*": "interrogative adverb - when",
"*taśkîlû*": "verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you will be wise/understand"
},
"variants": {
"*bînû*": "understand/consider/perceive",
"*bōʿărîm*": "brutish ones/stupid ones/dull-hearted",
"*ʿām*": "people/nation",
"*kəsîlîm*": "fools/stupid ones",
"*taśkîlû*": "be wise/understand/have insight"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Psalms.94.9",
"source": "הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט",
"text": "*hă-nōṭaʿ* *ʾōzen* *hă-lōʾ* *yišmāʿ* if-*yōṣēr* *ʿayin* *hă-lōʾ* *yabbîṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-nōṭaʿ*": "interrogative particle + participle, qal, masculine, singular - the one planting",
"*ʾōzen*": "noun, feminine, singular - ear",
"*hă-lōʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - will not",
"*yišmāʿ*": "verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he hears",
"*ʾim-yōṣēr*": "conditional particle + participle, qal, masculine, singular - if the one forming",
"*ʿayin*": "noun, feminine, singular - eye",
"*yabbîṭ*": "verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he sees/observes"
},
"variants": {
"*nōṭaʿ*": "one planting/one who implants",
"*yišmāʿ*": "hears/listens/perceives",
"*yōṣēr*": "one forming/one who shapes/creator",
"*yabbîṭ*": "sees/observes/beholds"
}
}