Ps 73:3-9 : 3 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.3",
"source": "כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃",
"text": "*Ki-kineti ba-holelim*; *shalom resha'im* *er'eh*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ki-kineti*": "conjunction + verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - for I was envious",
"*ba-holelim*": "preposition + article + participle, poel masculine plural - at/against the boastful/arrogant ones",
"*shalom*": "noun, masculine singular construct - prosperity/peace of",
"*resha'im*": "noun, masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*er'eh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I would see/I saw"
},
"variants": {
"*kineti*": "I was envious/jealous",
"*holelim*": "boastful/arrogant/foolish ones",
"*shalom*": "peace/prosperity/well-being",
"*resha'im*": "wicked ones/evil-doers"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.4",
"source": "כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃",
"text": "*Ki eyn chartzubot le-motam*, *u-vari ulam*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ki eyn*": "conjunction + negative particle - for there are no",
"*chartzubot*": "noun, feminine plural - pangs/bonds",
"*le-motam*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their death",
"*u-vari*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and fat/healthy/strong",
"*ulam*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their body/strength"
},
"variants": {
"*chartzubot*": "pangs/bonds/pains/torments",
"*motam*": "their death/dying",
"*vari*": "fat/healthy/robust/strong",
"*ulam*": "their body/belly/strength/might"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.5",
"source": "בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ אֵינֵ֑מוֹ וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃",
"text": "*Ba'amal enosh eynemo*, *we-im-adam lo yenuga'u*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ba'amal*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in trouble of",
"*enosh*": "noun, masculine singular - mankind/man",
"*eynemo*": "negative particle + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they are not",
"*we-im-adam*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with humanity/mankind",
"*lo yenuga'u*": "negative particle + verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are not stricken/afflicted"
},
"variants": {
"*amal*": "trouble/labor/toil/hardship",
"*enosh*": "man/mankind/humanity (frail, mortal man)",
"*eynemo*": "they are not (archaic form)",
"*yenuga'u*": "they are stricken/afflicted/plagued"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.6",
"source": "לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃",
"text": "*Lachen anaqatmo ga'awah*; *ya'ataf-shit chamas lamo*.",
"grammar": {
"*Lachen*": "conjunction - therefore",
"*anaqatmo*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + enclitic mem + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - it encircles them",
"*ga'awah*": "noun, feminine singular - pride",
"*ya'ataf*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it covers/wraps",
"*shit*": "noun, masculine singular construct - garment of",
"*chamas*": "noun, masculine singular - violence",
"*lamo*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to/for them"
},
"variants": {
"*anaqatmo*": "necklace/chain/encircles them (unusual form, possibly from root for 'neck')",
"*ga'awah*": "pride/arrogance/majesty",
"*ya'ataf*": "covers/wraps/envelops",
"*shit*": "garment/covering",
"*chamas*": "violence/wrong/injustice",
"*lamo*": "to them/for them (poetic form)"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.7",
"source": "יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃",
"text": "*Yatza mechelev eynemo*; *avru maskiyot levav*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yatza*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes out/comes forth",
"*mechelev*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from fat",
"*eynemo*": "noun, common dual construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eye",
"*avru*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they pass over/exceed",
"*maskiyot*": "noun, feminine plural construct - imaginations/pictures of",
"*levav*": "noun, masculine singular - heart"
},
"variants": {
"*yatza*": "goes out/protrudes/comes forth",
"*chelev*": "fat/grease/richness",
"*eynemo*": "their eye/their appearance",
"*avru*": "they pass over/exceed/transgress",
"*maskiyot*": "imaginations/pictures/thoughts/desires",
"*levav*": "heart/mind/inner person"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.8",
"source": "יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃",
"text": "*Yamiqu wida'bberu vera' 'osheq*; *mimmarom yedabberu*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yamiqu*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they mock/scoff",
"*wida'bberu*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they speak",
"*vera'*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in evil/with wickedness",
"*'osheq*": "noun, masculine singular - oppression",
"*mimmarom*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from height/loftily",
"*yedabberu*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak"
},
"variants": {
"*yamiqu*": "they mock/scoff/deride (rare word, from root meaning 'to scoff')",
"*dabber*": "speak/talk/utter",
"*ra'*": "evil/wickedness/harm",
"*'osheq*": "oppression/extortion/violence",
"*marom*": "height/high place/loftily"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.9",
"source": "שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*Shattu vashamayim pihem*, *uleshownam tihalakh ba'aretz*.",
"grammar": {
"*Shattu*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they set/place",
"*vashamayim*": "preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - in the heavens",
"*pihem*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth",
"*uleshownam*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their tongue",
"*tihalakh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it walks about/struts",
"*ba'aretz*": "preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the earth"
},
"variants": {
"*shattu*": "they set/place/put",
"*shamayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*peh*": "mouth/speech",
"*lashon*": "tongue/language/speech",
"*halakh*": "walks/goes/struts",
"*eretz*": "earth/land/ground"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.10",
"source": "לָכֵ֤ן ׀ *ישיב **יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃",
"text": "*Lachen yashuv 'ammo halom*, *umei male yimmatzu lamo*.",
"grammar": {
"*Lachen*": "conjunction - therefore",
"*yashuv*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular (ketiv/qere variation) - he returns/turns",
"*'ammo*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people",
"*halom*": "adverb - here/hither",
"*umei*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and waters of",
"*male*": "adjective, masculine singular - full",
"*yimmatzu*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are drained/squeezed out",
"*lamo*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to/for them"
},
"variants": {
"*yashuv*": "returns/turns/goes back (ketiv: *yashiv* - he will cause to return; qere: *yashuv* - he will return)",
"*'am*": "people/nation",
"*halom*": "here/hither",
"*mei*": "waters of (construct form)",
"*male*": "full/abundant",
"*matsah*": "drain/squeeze/wring out",
"*lamo*": "to them/for them (poetic form)"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.11",
"source": "וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃",
"text": "*We'amru*, '*Eikha yada'-El*, *weyesh de'ah ve'elyon*?",
"grammar": {
"*We'amru*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they say",
"*Eikha*": "interrogative - how",
"*yada'-El*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular (divine name) - God knows",
"*weyesh*": "conjunction + adverb of existence - and there is",
"*de'ah*": "noun, feminine singular - knowledge",
"*ve'elyon*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in Most High"
},
"variants": {
"*amru*": "they say/said",
"*eikha*": "how/in what way",
"*yada*": "knows/perceives/understands",
"*El*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*yesh*": "there is/exists",
"*de'ah*": "knowledge/understanding",
"*elyon*": "Most High/Highest One"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Psalms.73.12",
"source": "הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃",
"text": "*Hinneh-elleh resha'im*, *weshalwei 'olam hisgu-chayil*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hinneh-elleh*": "interjection + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - behold these",
"*resha'im*": "noun, masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*weshalwei*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine plural construct - and at ease of",
"*'olam*": "noun, masculine singular - eternity/forever",
"*hisgu-chayil*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural + noun, masculine singular - they increase wealth"
},
"variants": {
"*hinneh*": "behold/look/see",
"*elleh*": "these",
"*resha'im*": "wicked ones/evil-doers",
"*shalev*": "at ease/prosperous/tranquil",
"*'olam*": "eternity/forever/antiquity",
"*hisgu*": "they increase/grow great/multiply",
"*chayil*": "wealth/strength/might/power"
}
}