3 {
"verseID": "Psalms.116.3",
"source": "אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃",
"text": "*ʾăpāpûnî* *ḥevlê*-*māvet* and *meṣārê* *šeʾôl* *meṣāʾûnî* *ṣārâ* and *yāgôn* *ʾemṣāʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăpāpûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they encompassed me",
"*ḥevlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - cords/bands of",
"*māvet*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*û-meṣārê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and distresses/straits of",
"*šeʾôl*": "noun, proper noun - Sheol/grave/underworld",
"*meṣāʾûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they found me",
"*ṣārâ*": "noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble",
"*ve-yāgôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and sorrow",
"*ʾemṣāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I found/I will find"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăpāpûnî*": "they encompassed me/they surrounded me/they entangled me",
"*ḥevlê*": "cords/bands/pains/pangs",
"*meṣārê*": "distresses/straits/constraints",
"*šeʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/realm of the dead",
"*ʾemṣāʾ*": "I found/I encountered/I experienced"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Psalms.116.4",
"source": "וּבְשֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "And in *šēm*-*YHWH* I *ʾeqrāʾ* *ʾānnâ* *YHWH* *malleṭâ* *napšî*",
"grammar": {
"*û-ve-šēm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and on/in name of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*ʾeqrāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will call/I call",
"*ʾānnâ*": "interjection - oh now/please/I beseech",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*malleṭâ*": "verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - deliver/rescue",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life"
},
"variants": {
"*šēm*": "name/reputation/character",
"*ʾeqrāʾ*": "I call/I will call/I invoke",
"*ʾānnâ*": "please/I beseech you/oh now",
"*malleṭâ*": "deliver/rescue/save",
"*napšî*": "my soul/my life/myself"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.116.5",
"source": "חַנּ֣וּן יְהֹוָ֣ה וְצַדִּ֑יק וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ מְרַחֵֽם׃",
"text": "*ḥannûn* *YHWH* and *ṣaddîq* and *ʾĕlōhênû* *meraḥēm*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥannûn*": "adjective, masculine singular - gracious",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*ve-ṣaddîq*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and righteous",
"*ve-ʾĕlōhênû*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - and our God",
"*meraḥēm*": "verb, piel participle, masculine singular - showing mercy/compassionate"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥannûn*": "gracious/merciful/compassionate",
"*ṣaddîq*": "righteous/just/in the right",
"*ʾĕlōhênû*": "our God/our deity",
"*meraḥēm*": "compassionate/merciful/showing mercy"
}
}