Psalms 1:4
{ "verseID": "Psalms.1.4", "source": "לֹא־כֵ֥ן הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם־כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲֽשֶׁר־תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ׃", "text": "Not-so the-*rəšāʿîm* but if-like-*mōṣ* which-*tiddefennû* *rûaḥ*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ-kēn*": "negative + adverb - not so", "*hā-rəšāʿîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the wicked ones", "*kî ʾim-*": "conjunction phrase - but rather/but instead", "*ka-*": "preposition - like/as", "*mōṣ*": "masculine singular - chaff", "*ʾăšer-*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*tiddefennû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it drives it away", "*rûaḥ*": "feminine singular - wind/spirit/breath" }, "variants": { "*lōʾ-kēn*": "not so/not thus", "*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil-doers/ungodly", "*kî ʾim*": "but rather/but instead/except", "*mōṣ*": "chaff/husks/straw", "*tiddefennû*": "drives away/scatters/blows away", "*rûaḥ*": "wind/spirit/breath" } }