4 {
"verseID": "Psalms.122.4",
"source": "שֶׁשָּׁ֨ם עָל֪וּ שְׁבָטִ֡ים שִׁבְטֵי־יָ֭הּ עֵד֣וּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְ֝הֹד֗וֹת לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "That there *alu shevatim*, *shivtei-Yah*, *edut l'Yisrael*, to *l'hodot l'shem YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*alu*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they went up/ascended",
"*shevatim*": "noun, masculine plural - tribes",
"*shivtei-Yah*": "noun, masculine plural construct + divine name - tribes of YAH",
"*edut*": "noun, feminine singular construct - testimony/witness",
"*l'Yisrael*": "preposition + proper noun - for/to Israel",
"*l'hodot*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to give thanks",
"*l'shem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the name of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*alu*": "went up/ascended/made pilgrimage",
"*edut*": "testimony/witness/evidence/ordinance",
"*hodot*": "give thanks/praise/confess"
}
}