8{
"verseID": "Psalms.116.8",
"source": "כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃",
"text": "For *ḥillaṣtā* *napšî* from *māvet* *ʾet*-*ʿênî* from *dimʿâ* *ʾet*-*raglî* from *deḥî*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ḥillaṣtā*": "verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have delivered",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*mi-māvet*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from death",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿênî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye",
"*min-dimʿâ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from tear/weeping",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*raglî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my foot",
"*mi-deḥî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from stumbling"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥillaṣtā*": "you delivered/you rescued/you saved",
"*napšî*": "my soul/my life/myself",
"*ʿênî*": "my eye/my sight",
"*dimʿâ*": "tear/tears/weeping",
"*raglî*": "my foot/my feet",
"*deḥî*": "stumbling/falling/slipping"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Psalms.116.9",
"source": "אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים׃",
"text": "I *ʾethalēḵ* before *YHWH* in *ʾarṣôt* *ha-ḥayyîm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾethalēḵ*": "verb, hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - I will walk",
"*li-pnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in presence of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*be-ʾarṣôt*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - in lands of",
"*ha-ḥayyîm*": "article + noun, masculine plural - the living"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾethalēḵ*": "I will walk/I will go about/I will live",
"*li-pnê*": "before/in presence of/in the face of",
"*ʾarṣôt*": "lands/countries/regions",
"*ha-ḥayyîm*": "the living/the alive/life"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Psalms.116.10",
"source": "הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד׃",
"text": "I *heʾĕmantî* because I *ʾădabēr* *ʾănî* *ʿānîtî* *meʾōd*",
"grammar": {
"*heʾĕmantî*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I believed",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for/when",
"*ʾădabēr*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will speak/am speaking",
"*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I",
"*ʿānîtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was afflicted",
"*meʾōd*": "adverb - greatly/exceedingly"
},
"variants": {
"*heʾĕmantî*": "I believed/I had faith/I trusted",
"*kî*": "because/when/that/although",
"*ʾădabēr*": "I speak/I will speak/I would speak",
"*ʿānîtî*": "I was afflicted/I was humbled/I suffered"
}
}