20 {
"verseID": "Psalms.139.20",
"source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "Who *yōʾmrūkā* for-*məzimmâ*; *nāśuʾ laššāwʾ ʿārêkā*",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmrūkā*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they speak of you",
"*məzimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - evil device/plot",
"*nāśuʾ*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they lift up",
"*laššāwʾ*": "preposition + definite article + noun - for falsehood/in vain",
"*ʿārêkā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your cities/adversaries"
},
"variants": {
"*yōʾmrūkā*": "speak of you/mention you/invoke you",
"*məzimmâ*": "evil device/plot/wicked purpose",
"*nāśuʾ*": "lift up/carry/take",
"*laššāwʾ*": "in vain/for falsehood/for emptiness",
"*ʿārêkā*": "your cities/your enemies/your adversaries/your name"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Psalms.139.21",
"source": "הֲלֽוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶשְׂנָ֑א וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃",
"text": "Do-not-*məśanʾêkā YHWH ʾeśnāʾ*; and-*bitqômməmêkā ʾetqôṭāṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*məśanʾêkā*": "Piel participle masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - those hating you",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʾeśnāʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I hate",
"*bitqômməmêkā*": "preposition + Hithpoel participle masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with those rising against you",
"*ʾetqôṭāṭ*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I contend/loathe"
},
"variants": {
"*məśanʾêkā*": "those hating you/your haters/your enemies",
"*ʾeśnāʾ*": "hate/detest/abhor",
"*bitqômməmêkā*": "those rising against you/your opponents/your rebels",
"*ʾetqôṭāṭ*": "contend/loathe/feel disgust/quarrel"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Psalms.139.22",
"source": "תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃",
"text": "*taklît śinʾâ śənēʾtîm*; to-*ʾôyəbîm hāyû* to-me",
"grammar": {
"*taklît*": "noun, feminine singular construct - completeness of",
"*śinʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - hatred",
"*śənēʾtîm*": "verb, Qal perfect 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I hate them",
"*ʾôyəbîm*": "Qal participle masculine plural - enemies",
"*hāyû*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have become"
},
"variants": {
"*taklît*": "completeness/perfection/end",
"*śinʾâ*": "hatred/hostility/enmity",
"*śənēʾtîm*": "hate them/detest them",
"*ʾôyəbîm*": "enemies/foes/adversaries",
"*hāyû*": "became/have become/are"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "Psalms.139.23",
"source": "חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃",
"text": "*ḥāqrēnî ʾēl* and-*daʿ ləbābî*; *bəḥānēnî* and-*daʿ śarʿappāy*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥāqrēnî*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - search me",
"*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*daʿ*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - know",
"*ləbābî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*bəḥānēnî*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - test me",
"*śarʿappāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my thoughts"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāqrēnî*": "search me/examine me/investigate me",
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*daʿ*": "know/understand/perceive",
"*ləbābî*": "my heart/my mind/my inner self",
"*bəḥānēnî*": "test me/try me/examine me",
"*śarʿappāy*": "my thoughts/my anxieties/my concerns"
}
}