1{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.1",
"source": "שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃",
"text": "*šîr* *mizmôr* for-*bĕnê* *qōraḥ* for-the-*mənaṣṣēaḥ* upon-*māḥălat* for-*ʿannôt* *maśkîl* for-*hêmān* the-*ʾezrāḥî*",
"grammar": {
"*šîr*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - song",
"*mizmôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - psalm/melody",
"*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct of *bēn* - sons of",
"*qōraḥ*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Korah",
"*mənaṣṣēaḥ*": "participle, Piel, masculine, singular - director/chief musician",
"*māḥălat*": "proper noun or technical musical term - possibly indicating instrument or melody",
"*ʿannôt*": "infinitive construct, Piel of *ʿānâ* - to respond/afflict/sing",
"*maśkîl*": "noun, masculine, singular - contemplative poem/skillful composition",
"*hêmān*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Heman",
"*ʾezrāḥî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - Ezrahite"
},
"variants": {
"*šîr*": "song/musical piece",
"*mizmôr*": "psalm/melody/song with instrumental accompaniment",
"*māḥălat*": "illness/sorrow/musical term",
"*ʿannôt*": "to respond/sing/afflict/humiliation",
"*maśkîl*": "contemplative poem/skillful composition/instructive psalm",
"*ʾezrāḥî*": "Ezrahite/native/descendant of Zerah"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.2",
"source": "יְ֭הוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י יוֹם־צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃",
"text": "*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhê* *yəšûʿātî* day-*ṣāʿaqtî* in-the-night *negdekā*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - God of",
"*yəšûʿātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation",
"*ṣāʿaqtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have cried out",
"*negdekā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you"
},
"variants": {
"*yəšûʿātî*": "my salvation/deliverance/help",
"*ṣāʿaqtî*": "I have cried out/called for help/shouted"
}
}